Sitka to Wrangell Ferry Trip, August 8, 2009

The second leg of our ferry trip was from Sitka to Wrangell. We had to get on the ferry in the middle of the night, 2:30 am and ride all night and day and get off at 9:30-10:00 pm at Wrangell. So...we slept on the floor in the ferry from 2:30 until 8:30. After eating granola bars for breakfast, we enjoyed all that we were able to see from the Ferry decks.

We saw lots of whales, mostly humbacks. I think at one point I saw two Orchas but they were too far away to identify for sure.

I loved the way the clouds and the sun coming up looked in this photo! It was so beautiful!

Here is the first tail fluke of a humpback.

This is part of the waterfront of a Native American town called Kake. I think this is an old cannery that is no longer operational. The whole town looked very run-down.

You will see lots of tail flukes and many are of different whales. You can tell by identifying the markings on their tails.

One of these fellas also entertained us by breaching several times. I never caught it on camera but my eyes beheld it! He was too far away to get the breaching shot, darn! :-(

This humpback is getting ready to dive!

See the water come off his tail? ...Going...

See the white markings on this one! ...Going....

...Going....

...Gone!

This is the LeConte Glacier just north of Petersburg. It is beautiful and very big. It's a river of ice flowing downhill.

This is coming into Petersburg, showing some of the homes. This place is very proseprous, mainly from fishing. We stopped here but did not have time to get off the ferry.

This is another view of Petersburg, showing the beginning of the working part of the town.

These are lazy sea lions, hauled up on this buoy! Guess they have to like each other to be that close on top of one another!

This float plane dock is guarded by a huge, probably male, sea lion. He is the brown spot at the right-front end of the dock.

These are Black Guillimots. Are you impressed? :-) (At least that is what I think they are!)

This unusual house has lots of decking and windows. The view from their windows must be incredible.

This is neat. This is a boat in dry dock and a ships store.

This is another view of Petersburg's waterfront with the ferry ramp on the right.

These are some more buildings near Petersburg.

This little lady is tying up the ferry in Petersburg. She has a big job, working with those heavy lines! We only stayed 1/2 hour there so we did not get off the ferry. From there we continued on to Wrangell.