We'd just finished traveling through the heaviest concentration of glaciers in Alaska, so it was time to get back to more settled parts of Alaska. Not that they don't have glaciers, but they're not as close together and not as big.
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June 18, 2025 - Cruising to Icy Strait
Just a relaxing day at sea.
June 19, 2025 - Icy Strait
We've been to Icy Strait a few times. The first time we were there we didn't see much but we learned that it is one of the best spots for whale watching. In many cases you can see the whales from the shore. We did a boat cruise, which is usually the best way to see whales, but our best whale shots were on the cruise ship... while it was docked!
We had just finished lunch and were back in our rooms when we saw the whales from our balcony. We don't always get a cabin with a balcony, choosing instead to save some money and get a cabin with just a window. But when we go to Alaska, especially on a glacier cruise, we always get a balcony. This time it was really worth it!
Aftter lunch, and our unexpected whale drive by, we took the Sky Peak Gondola for panoramic views of the area.
June 20, 2025 - Skagway
Most of our time in Skagway was spent on a tour to see Davidson Glacier. We boarded a small boat in Skagway and cruised down Chilkote Inlet, past Haines where we'd been a week before, to Glacier Point Wilderness. Once there we had a short hike to another landing where we boarded a 31 foot canoe for a short ride across a lake to a point near the glacier.
After the glacier tour we took the boat back up Chilkote Inlet where we had a view of some of the wildlife and waterfalls. Click on the pic above to see the photo album with some of those pictures. We had a little time to explore the town before we had to get back on the ship, enough to make our traditional stop at Klondike Brewing Company for a flight of some great local beer.
June 21, 2025 - Juneau
One of our favorite things in Juneau is the whale watching tour. We didn't see as many whales as we did in Icy Strait, or as many as we had on our last trip to Juneau, but we did a couple of distant shots.
The van that takes you to the harbor for the whale watching tour stops on the way back to port for a nice view of Mendenhall Glacier.
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