Evening Whale Quest

It was time to go see some whales.

Our tour bus ready to take

us to Auke Bay.

Glacier ahead.

This is about as close as we were 

going to get to Mendenhall Glacier. 

Scenery along the way.

Our catamaran.

Looked like they were getting it ready

for a paint job.

Inside.

Room for about 150 passengers.

We were on tour with just 40 people.

There were bench seats,

with binoculars to use,

 and souvenir route guides

  for everyone.

Our boat captain,

took us past the area where other

tour boats were viewing the Humpbacks.

He was taking us to see the Orcas first

thinking that the number of other boats

would be diminished when we returned

for our visit with the Humpbacks.

Complimentary appetizers,

 beverages and desserts  were available.  

A no host bar serving

wine, beer, and sodas was also available 

for anyone that wanted something besides 

water and ice tea.

Artichoke dip with pita bread,

humus, vegetables, salmon dip,

berries, candied nuts, shrimp,

cheese and some type of

 thin sliced deli meat.

There was a buffet

 table full of  

 appetizers and desserts 

set up in the center of the bench seats

 inside the catamaran.

First sighting of Orcas.

There goes our guaranteed refund 

if we didn't see any whales.

They've never had to refund any money.

Oh how I wish the next photo 

would have come out clear.

Would have been something huh?

Glacier on the right in the next photo.

Mendenhall Glacier.

This was as close as we got to them.

Time to head back to see the Humpbacks.

It was warm out there

with just a light sweater needed.

Juneau was close to breaking a high

temperature record while we were there.

We were lucky with beautiful weather,

Orca whale sightings, and a gorgeous location.