Day 13

Day 13. We woke up really early to get to the boat on time. The boat left at eight, and we were on our way for a day of new experiences! As we left the harbor, we saw this "trap" that was filled with sea lions. They were huge! We also saw some islands with many different species of birds.

There were some birds that looked like penguins, sounded like penguins, and even carried their eggs like penguins, but they were not penguins! They were some kind of rare bird species called muirs. The captain of the boat was really nice, he explained everything from the history of the island, to the kinds of animals we saw.

Speaking of animals that we saw, we saw a humpback whale that kept blowing out of her blowhole, some sea lions resting on rocks just off the shores, and a few sea otters and harbor seals along the way. We also saw many dahl porpoises! The amazing thing was, that they were swimming with killer whales. That was the coolest thing that we have ever seen! If you looked out into the water, you would see two to three dahl porpoises speeding along, followed by a slower moving killer whale. Almost like a well choreographed dance.

Then, we had an amazing lunch of a chicken wrap along with a granola bar and some baby carrots. After going along for a while, we came to a glacier. It was huge!! and you could see it rapidly melting before your very eyes! We also saw parts of the glacier falling, and tried to get good pictures of it, but most of them did not come out right. This was the most amazing boat trip ever!!



On our drive back to Homer we saw some people pulled over to the side of the road looking at something. We drove over to where they were and saw what they were looking at. A BEAR! So, basically by the end of this trip we had seen almost all of the possible animals we could see! This trip was AMAZING! Thank you Deb and Ralphie!!!!