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Final Image of Our 2012 Pre-season Outing

Send lawyers, guns and money...and get me out of this place. The ice got a little thick although we never felt threatened. Very slow going. At times we had to become a mini ice breaker and get up on it and break the thin top layer. It proved fruitless as we merely encountered more ice. OK, back to the mothership. Sometimes the best laid plans go awry. Thank goodness for the mothership. We paddled back to Abyssinia and had a cup of tea.

Bonanza!!!

...for fools.  As our 2012 pre-season trip was winding down we had a few moments of thinking we were all going back very rich.  Gold!  It is shimmering in the rocks everywhere all over the beach.  As much as we can carry.  Of course, it was the stuff that foolish dreams are made of.  Fools gold.  The sunshine greatly added to its sparkle and beauty.  We left it all behind but left confident that our beach is out there....

The Bears Were Oh So Hungry...

A highlight of our 2012 pre-season trip was stumbling across a big brown bear who was making several meals out of a black bear cub.  Gory!  We inadvertantly paddled by but upon discovery immediately moved some distance away.  Thank goodness for a large camera lense in the group.  The big brown bear was so full he seemed to care less.  We know better when a predator is guarding its kill.  In the second photo he dug his kill in deeper and went back to napping in the sun.

Ice and Snow

There was plenty to go around on our pre-season trip to the glaciers.

Bergy Bits

Everyone has heard of the 80/20 rule for ice bergs.  80 percent of the ice berg is under water, right?  That is what the Titanic found out.  Well, how about dirty ice that is loaded with rocks and gravel ground up by the glacier.  This piece calved, floated free, and became grounded when the tide went out from under it.  95/5?

Wildlife While Paddling in SE Alaska

The wildlife encounters continued during our first outing of the year with friends, pre-season.  This momma moose and her calf swam right behind our boat.  They were running from a large black bear who ran around the cove to try to meet them on the other side.  They got away as far as we could tell.

The Clouds Broke...

..and the sun came out.  It was spectacular.

Do you think she would rather be back in her office?