Glacier Bay

Having survived the twenty foot swells from the night before and after a days worth of antibiotics I was feeling better. Can’t say the same for David who was feeling very tired and was diagnose with monition sickness by both Wendy and Holly. They prescribed Ginger root for him. So David ask one of the waitress to see if the chef would part with some ginger root and sure enough she brought David two pieces. While he chewed on the first piece, his face, in a contorted expression that clearly said this was something that did in fact not taste very good at all. This took place just as I was returning to the breakfast table and I heard, “ I’m not going to eat that crap” which came in unison from both Holly and Wendy as David suggested they try some of the ginger. Go figur... The girls argued that they do not have motion sickness so they don’t have to try it. A few minutes later, David said that he was feeling better and proceeded to chew on the second piece of ginger which he said, did not taste any better. No one could keep up with David for the rest of the trip. Seems it doesn’t taste very good but has something going for it when it comes to curing (being very tired)/ motion sickness.
By 10:30 am we were entering Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The weather was overcast but brighter then other days past. The park offers spectacular views of glaciers and wildlife. We started at the back of the boat were we saw breaching Humpback whales, seals, and birds. We returned to our rooms to sit and watch as we cruised past Reid, then Lamplugh glaciers. A park ranger had been picked up prior to entering the park and was providing the entire ship information on what we were seeing over the ships TV system. At the far north end of the park were the Mergerie and Grand Pacific glaciers. The ship stayed within a half mile from the face of Mergerie and after about a half hour turned the ship 180 degrees so everyone onboard could get an up close look at the glacier. The whole time we were on the ship looking out I had trouble understanding how big things were. The ranger said that from the water line to Mergeries highest point was about fifteen stories high. I tried, as everyone else did, to get a video or picture of a glacier calving, ice breaking off a glacier forming an ice burg, with no luck. By this time we had moved up to the observation deck. I did get a picture of Wendy holding on in fear, real fear that the railing would give way against all the people trying to get the best view. We made it without loosing anyone.

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