Our excursion was the Davidson Glacier Wilderness Safari. We found out today that safari does not refer to animals but to a series of types of transportation. And boy did we take them all. We started on a catamoran that was designed and built just for this safari. You can see below that our day proved to be windy, rainy and cold, which translates to high rough seas in the fjord.

 Finally we arrived at Glacier point. Our guide, Jeff, and 9 of his now closest friends live on the penninsula with minimal amenities. They get their water by catching it from rainfall and storing it in a 200 basin. They spend their off hours catching their own fish for meals, tending to the national park trails, and the endless list of "honey do's" you would expect with living unencumbered by civilization.

Here is our first view of the Davidson Glacier. We had no idea how pretty this picture was until we got back to the ship and was just floored how lucky we had gotten.

 This is our guide Jeff. He kept us entertained and educated on the catamoran on the trip over. He threatened us when we did not ask questions by asking questions of us. For example, "What is the speed of light?". Somehow someone knew that. Answer 186,000 miles/sec give or take.

Our second mode of transportation was bus. It took us from the beach to the structure that held the heavy water gear. See Shari bundled up and in her life vest. That should give you a hint of another one of our transportation.

 Once geared up, we headed out on foot to get closer to the glacier.

And off we went into the nasty, rain, and high Cold COLD wind on Davidson river to see the Davidson Glacier.

The lake had a few icebergs in them that had run aground. After about an hour on the lake, trying to prevent permanent damage to my camera, we headed back. The fantastic filter to give these photos their unique perspective, is called rain.

Back on dry land, with our FROZEN hands, we were all smiles. We did very well packing for the trip, expect for waterproof gloves.