In the morning, before going into town to kayak, we took a small
hike up the road from the camp site to the Valdez Glacier. This is
shown on the map in red on the right hand side.
Using maps.google.com, the lake at the end of the glacier is in the
center of the picture below
Our campsite, and I think this was the best of the four
On the way out to the glacier, one of the campsites was roped off as
a Bald Eagle had made his/her home there.
and at the glacier itself
Then in later in the morning, we went into town where we were
outfitted for the kayaking. This included getting skirts put on so that
we could keep water out of the kayak. The kayaks were all two seaters
and had rudders. We then took a motor boat over to the entrance of
Shoop Bay and kayaked to the glacier. As the map above shows, the
glacier has retreated quite a bit since the map was made.
Don petting a Husky while waiting
This image shows the bay and glacier location
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We were dropped off on the east side (right hand side of this map)
just inside the little hook of land that juts out, paddled through the
the gray area in the middle, although at rising tide this was mostly
under water, and the current took us through. We beached on the west
side, had lunch, and spent some time going up to the edge of the
glacier, then paddled back and were picked up by the same launch.
Pictures from the kayaking
Don petting a Husky
The group waiting
Don and Kyle with our skirts
And Marina with her skirt.
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