I have some catching up to do! Mary and I arrived in Anchorage late Saturday for skiing and sightseeing. Sunday we provisioned up and poked around near town.
We went for a great little hike along the shoreline out near the airport.
Vast mudflats with chunks of ice everywhere.
Next we drove up Turnagain Arm, a long narrow inlet off of the larger Cook Inlet.
The waters were tranquil when we arrived.
The bore tide soon arrived and quickly the inlet turned into a raging torrent. An amazing sight!
We drove about ten miles further up the inlet where it took nearly an hour for the bore tide to arrive. Ocean and Mountains!
We met a pair of marine mammal biologists here looking for Beluga whales. The whales follow the bore tide hunting and foraging for food.
Sure enough the biologists sighted the whales about a half hour after the tidal wave rolled through. We had good binoculars with us, so we got several decent glimpses. A true thrill!
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So cool!!
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