Then we are leaving Nassau bay and the beautiful Chenega glacier. A very nice trip through the ice field out of the bay. A was paddling Darren's "Shadow" and had a great time going between the ice bergs as the "sweep boat" at the end of the pack.
Out of Nassau bay we see a big porcupine on a beach feeding. He never takes any notice of us.
The next camp we come to is "Dual Head", a nice place at the mouth of "Whale Bay". Not the same spectacular view we had the last two days but nice anyway. And a lot less mosquitoes!
I also got to try Josh's kayak and did a few rolls. It's a bit to big for me. In the evening we "re-rationed", took out all the food we got in closed bags for the second week. Unbelievable that wa had done half the course already.
This is one of my best days in Alaska! What a beautiful spot we have in Nassau Bay with Chenega and Tigertail glaciers across the bay. At uneven intervalls the waves from the calving glaciers hits our beach and carries icebergs with them.
It's a dry place near the glacier and a lot of flies but besides that it's absolutely the most beautiful camp spot on the whole trip. No bear track but fresh tracks from a wolverine and Darren actually saw one very early morning.
As we had a lay-over day it was a bit lazy this morning. But me and Josh were ready to go out exploring closer to the glacier. So, we went ahead of the others on this clear and warm day. At about 1 nautical mile from the glacier (about 1,8 km or 1,1 miles) we stopped at just watched and took photos. Three harbor seals where close by and when we tried to take photos of those we heard a big calving from the glacier. We saw that a big wave was on the way and two minuets later the waves hit us. Number one was big, number two was big (5-6 feet or 2 meters) and then the third one came! At least 10 feet (3-4 meters)! Watch the video below to see it, for once I had the GoPro running when this happened. The third wave was breaking just after it passed us, and we are not sure if we could have handled that. We were also very lucky that the rest of the kayaks were not there, it's doubtful if they could have managed that big wave.
The the rest of the guys arrived and me and Josh had calmed down a bit and our adrenalin levels were down to more normal levels. A lot of photos. And I did a roll with the beautiful glacier behind me. (There will be a video of this later. I am still working on all the film material.)
After that we slowly headed back to our beach. Some of us took a detour into a river and was playing in the current for a bit. Fun!
Baking class in the afternoon by Josh. I made a focaccia bread. (On the recipe it says thyme and basil, I usually use rosemary.) This is a bread I do rather often at home, both in the oven in our house or out when camping. It turned out rather well.
