Another summer is over and like many creatures the Sea Lion has begun her long migration south for the winter. I met the boat a little over two weeks ago in Sitka and over the course of a two week trip with guests we worked our way down to Seattle. The weather was generally proper Alaska late summer, which is to say cold and always somewhere between fog and rain.
Going though my photos just now I am amazed by how many of them I took (or rather, “made” according to the current lingo of our photo instructors, nothing has been “taken” when one “makes” a photo - I’m not entirely sure how I feel about that usage) though I do remember feeling like every time I poked my head up on deck I was struck by the need to photograph something. I am still relying on our ship’s slow and expensive internet system, so I can only post a few at the moment, but here are some of my favorites.
Steller Sea Lions
And bubble netting humpback whales (working very close to shore)
But even more than the wildlife, I found myself drawn to the colors:
Icebergs calved from Dawes Glacier
And what I came to think of as “tree portraits”.
And finally I got to take myself for a morning walk in Alert Bay, and fell in love with the green of the waterfront.