Mom, Steve, and I took the ferry to skagway and back today. We didn't even get off in Haines and Skagway (it was cold, windy and snowing both places)...we just went for the ride, to see scenery and wildlife. We left at 7 am, returned at 9 pm. We did see peeks of blue sky now and then...
Since it's almost the winter solstice, there's very little daylight (about 6.5 hours or so) so much of the 14 hour trip was dark. But the scenery we did see was very beautiful! I really want to go back in summer and visit both cities.
The trip out was very calm and the water was a pretty blue-greenish grey. Lots of the pictures were taken from inside the ferry because it was so cold and windy outside!
Once we turned around it was a little bit rougher but still not bad.
We were on the LeConte - one of the Alaska Ferry Systems vessels. It's much smaller than the Kennikot that we took up here from Bellingham. There was a small lounge for movies, a cafeteria with surprisingly good food and reasonable prices (we ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the boat), and a forward lounge with lots of windows looking forward.
Tied up at the Haines ferry terminal. It's not close to town, so we stayed on the boat...
Look at the line of birds in the water - weird!
I love the color of the water up here.
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