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| Baird Glacier, Thomas Bay |
McDuff and I were up early and so it was not long before was
also up and about. We decided to cast
off and head for Tracy Arm before 5 am.
The tides today were also against us.
We must fight the flood for 22 miles to reach the head of Tracy Arm and
then 25 into the inlet. The good news is
that the tide will be in our favor when we exit. We were here a couple of weeks ago and made
it most of the way to the head. Now with
our experience at Glacier Bay behind us, we want to try again and hopefully
reach the base of North Sawyer Glacier.
We finally reached the entrance to Tracy Arm about 9:30 and
the entire area was socked in. It just
didn’t make sense to run 25 miles in the fog and rain to try to see the head of
the glacier, so with a bit of sadness we continued our way south towards
Petersburg. For one brief moment the
clouds lifted and we were treated to a glorious view of the Sundum Glacier at
the entrance to Endicott Arm.
The whales were very active this morning in Stephen’s Passage
with lots of spouting in the distance.
Close by the starboard bow a whale breached.
The sun came out this afternoon and the seas calmed
significantly. This morning we had seas
as high as 4 feet. This afternoon the
seas had calmed to 2-3 feet.
We anchored in Thomas Bay about 20 miles from
Petersburg. We enter this beautiful bay
and travel almost 7 miles to reach our anchorage near Ruth Island. On the way we pass Baird Glacier. We are anchored with two other boats this
evening – a 50+ foot Ocean Alexander from Seattle and a 43 foot sailboat with
British registry. The location is calm,
serene and incredibly beautiful. If it
weren’t so late, I would take my kayak for a paddle.
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