After we left Glacier Bay we sailed out into the open ocean for the first time, and it got a little rough that evening, overnight and a little bit into the morning. In our bed we were definitely swaying front to back and side to side, the rocking was substantial! Walking down the hallway was an experience – it literally threw us from wall to wall, side to side! I didn’t get seasick, but MJ got a little queasy for a bit until she put on a seasick prevention bracelet.
This water doesn’t look like enough to throw us around but it did!The next morning we arrived in Prince William Sound, which was very smooth and calm. If this would have been a clear sunny day Prince William Sound would have been beautiful! It is really neat with all these little islands in the water, and the mountains in the background!More Prince William Sound. This is where the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground into a reef in 1989 and spilled some 11 million gallons of crude oil into the sound. It eventually polluted 1,300 miles of Alaska coastline. Investigations determined that the ship’s captain had been drinking before the accident.Entering the calm waters of College Fjord on a dark cloudy morning.Wellesley Glacier. Being named College Fjord, the glaciers are named for elite eastern colleges.Three glaciers in one picture (left to right): Bryn Mawr, Smith and Harvard.Frozen waterfalls.Four glaciers in one picture (left to right): Bryn Mawr, Smith, Harvard and Yale. The skies tried to open up for a minute to show a little blue!Harvard Glacier.Yale Glacier.
