Upp early to make
Swedish porridge out of oats. Nice with the new rations. This day we made a day paddle to "Humpback Cove " a fjord in "
Whale Bay". I paddled a double kayak this day with Amy, kind of nice to paddle with some like that once in a while. We saw a river otter getting into the trees close to shore. It was a bit too fast for me to have the camera out.
At a nice waterfall I got to wash out the salt from my shirt and Amy filled our "dromedars" with water. Beautiful place, and just after we found an even better waterfall and then one even more beautiful!
In the end of Humpback Cove was a small river where it was a small
salmon run and some of the guys went fishing. I took the chance to wash myself in freshwater and walked up around a bend in the river. Undressed and took a nude dip in the cold water like "
näcken". While I was standing there in the water a big salmon passed just inches from my feet and I reached down and grabbed it by the tail. I managed to get it out of the water before it slipped out of my hand. Lucky no one saw me standing there naked with a big salmon in my hand!
This was a magically beautiful place, like in the Discovery nature films. I was just waiting for a live commentary by
David Attenborough! The guys got some salmon and we are going to eat nice fresh fish this afternoon. Josh also got a bunch of
rockfish.
Sadly we had to leave this place and go back to our camp. While some made a fire for a barbecue Amy lead me through a yoga session. Rather nice, it was my first ever, good to stretch out my body after all the kayaking and sleeping on the ground.
In the evening we sat on the beach and just watched out over the water when a big humpback whale came along and dived down just in front of us. It was like he wanted to show himself for us.
A great day again!
More posts from my Alaska trip:
Anchorage
Day 1 and 2
Day 3 to 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9 and 10
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| On our way to "Orca Bay" |
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| Josh got a rockfish. |
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| Ugly one! |
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| Nice waterfall |
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| Amy is getting fresh water from the waterfall |
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| The kayaks are headed for the bottom of the bay where a small river is coming down |
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| Beautiful! The grass is trampled down by bear but we didn't see any. |
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| Fishing in the small river |
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| Lynn got one! |
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| Dinner! |
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| Arthur fishing |
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| Part of the days catch |
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| This is one reason I love Alaska |
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| Me and Amy are collecting firewood on the way back. |
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| Yoga with Amy. |
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| Whale spout |
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| Humpback whale |
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| Lägg till bildtext |
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| Here it's diving deep down. |
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