Our cruise to Columbia Glacier and into Prince William Sound. Captain Stan took us right up to the front of the glacier. Lots and lots of ice in the water. This glacier is the last tidewater glacier and is losing ice faster this year than any other year. Some experts were coming in to see why.

Mel & I in front of the Columbia Glacier. We met a couple from Stutgart Germany who were touring all of Alaska and we spent most of our time on the cruise with them right next to the captain. That way we saw it all!

This is the captain's chart - we started at the upper right side and went down into Prince William Sound and them up into Columbia Glacier - which is center left.

Orca!! There were 2 male killer whales that we followed for a bit and they let us all take lots of pictures.

Look at this colony of sea lions. They are there everyday and it was a real treat to see so many at one place.

The blue of an iceberg. We saw many, many icebergs and some even broke in half as we were watching them. The temperature of the water is currently around 56 degrees per the captain.

The porposis (spelling) were swimming right along our boat for quite awhile.

They were having fun swimming faster than our boat and playing with it :)

The sea lion resting on the buoy.

Our campsite on Valdez Harbor - it was low tide, usually the water is up to just below the campers. The building on the left is the Valdez Convention Center.

As we were getting ready to board for our Glacier/wildlife tour, this otter was in the harbor showing off and having a great time.