Day 9 – The Last Day in Alaska

Day 9 was our last and a very long day in Alaska… our flight wasn’t leaving until 2am the following morning so we had plenty of time to fill up with activities. We packed up in the morning and headed for Whittier to depart on our 26 Glaciers cruise. As you are probably already thinking… 26 glaciers are lil too many and we thought the same. But it was actually the shortest (only 4hrs) cruise they offered. We brought our leftover booze with us so we were nicely prepared to enjoy the sights. We saw many sea otters float all around us… and the huge glaciers with the little ones were just amazing. I have never seen anything like that. Also the rain, cold, and wind certainly added to the atmosphere. Brrr…. Chris had shorts on… what was he thinking? California boy!
From Whittier we caught the 6pm opening of the tunnel and started our trip back to Anchorage. There we hiked on the Earthquake trail where they have an exhibit setup about the 1964 9.2 earthquake and tsunami that devastated most of the area. Once again… I ate ton of berries along the way.
Oh.. and we saw mama moose with two lil ones grazing right by the highway. That was a nice touch to finish off our Alaskan adventure. Then all that was left was dinner at the Sleeping Lady (Anchorage Brewery) and off to the airport. Too bad it was so short… but hey… so far it looks like we are heading back next May, this time Juneau area.