And in no particular order...

These pictures are not at all in chronological order, but I have about 5 posts to update so you get what you get:)  After our amazing day of fishing, we decided to take it easy, and slowly meander our way back to Anchorage with Grandma Stastny.  We checked out of the B&B and headed to Exit Glacier. 

Its amazing how much it has receded in the last 20 years since I first moved up here.

Before we headed down to Seward to go fishing, we made a few stops along the way.  First was Portage Glacier.  Morgan and Chandler decided to take a walk alongside the lake.  I'd say its a little high this year...

 Then the Stastny caravan stopped off in Wittier to take in the sites and have some fish and chips.  Here's the boys with Grandpa Stastny down at the docks in Wittier.

Fish On

Our fishing trip in Seward could not have gone better.  I have been on many charters over the 20 years since we moved to Alaska, and I can honestly say, I have never had a better day of fishing.  The sky was clear, it was warm (for Alaska) the water was calm, and we all limited out on our halibut.  We then headed back and stopped a few hours outside of Seward to fish for Silvers. That's where mother nature decided to give us an extra special treat.  First we saw one, then two, and soon a whole pod of Humpback whales.  Once I saw that I wasn't catching an silvers and the whales were sticking around, I put down my pole and picked up my Cannon.  These are some of the amazing shots I captured of these beautiful creatures.



The whale coming up out of the water with its mouth opening.

I particularly like this one, because not only does it look like the whale is about to swallow the seagull but there's a puffin down toward the bottom of the picture.

My fisherman reeling in a beautiful Yellow Eyed Rock fish.

My little fisherman Gabe takin it easy in the sunshine while he waits for a bite on his line.

Sea Lions taking in the sunshine on the cliffs in Resurrection Bay.

Doesn't get any better than this, right?

I have never really been a big fan of whales, and know very little about them, but how cool is this picture of the whale's mouth open, where you can see the tongue and baleen?

Check out the clear blue water we had...

                                        Part of the catch laid out on the deck for pictures. 

Chandler got put to work as an assistant deck hand, bagging up the fish as it was being filleted.

And another couple of whale shots.  Sorry, I never get tired of these.

                      I love these ones, because on the right side, you can see the whale breaching, and nearby to the left is another fishing in the area.

 And yet another boat close to us, taking pictures of the whale approaching their boat.  Check out how seriously close it was. 

 The pod would make a circular pattern, the seagulls would all go nuts above the spot where the whale were, and then we'd see them all come out of the water with their mouths wide open.