Marjerie & Lamplugh Glaciers

At about 12:30 pm we arrived at the mouth of Glacier Bay with the white Margerie Glacier on our left, and the massive Grand Pacific Glacier on our right. Although the pretty white glacier was much more photogenic, the Grand Pacific Glacier, essentially a big, dirty snowball did the work of carving this fjord. We stayed by the Margerie Glacier for about an hour and saw it calving. Our ship should pass the Johns Hopkins Glacier around 2:45 pm, and leave the Lamplugh Glacier around 3:15 pm. I missed the Johns Hopkins but took some abstract photos of the Lamplugh. The rotary switch on my camera is not working properly. I think water may have worked its way into the contacts during one of the recent rain storms. David and Carol Friedman brought a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon from a small vineyard. They bought it at Publix. Tonight was Italian night. The wine was interesting because my first sensation was a tactile note of the prickly tang of fizziness on the tongue. It was similar to Trader Joe's Cabernet in that it did not have substantial body, and would be a sort of "cabernet light." I had penne al Arrabiata. After supper Mike and I went to talk about his mother's near-death experience. I was still hungry, so Glenda went and brought me a cheese plate from the International Cafe.Read more