Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - We departed Tarr Inlet upon the arrival of the cruise ship and headed towards the entrance of the Johns Hopkins Inlet. Although the inlet was closed to motorized vessels, we viewed the Lamplugh glacier located just before the entrance to the inlet. We then headed in to Reid Inlet where we were going to spend the night. The Reid glacier is about half the size of Margerie glacier but it is accessible by land. You can actually walk on it. We anchored in front of the glacier and dropped the dinghy to further explore the area. While hiking towards the glacier, we noticed bear tracks in the sand which were relatively fresh as the tide was now coming back in. With camera in hand we were hoping for a close up bear sighting (hopefully not an encounter) but it was not to be.
Thursday, June 15, 2006 - We had a leisurely mourning (after all we are on vacation) and pulled up anchor and headed out of Reid Inlet at 10:00am. We were going to make our way back south and spend the night at North Sandy Cove. We cruised through Tidal Inlet which we were told during our orientation session was the walls of which were eroding quite quickly and it was expected to come crashing down and generate a tidal wave that will submerge the Bartlett Cove facilities and parts of the town of Gustavus. Hence the name. We noted quite a few beautiful waterfalls that were probably contributing to undermining the surrounding land. Were were going to pass buy an area that was inhabited by mountain goats and were hoping to catch a glimpse of them. We arrived in North Sandy Cove about 2:30pm and were greeted by a rain shower. It was obviously a popular anchorage area as there were 6 of us anchored in the cove that night. We were also treated to multiple bear sightings on two sides of the cove.
