Tales from Alaska

I think I’ve mentioned before that my friend and fellow blogger Ben Hanna is working with the Couchsurfing Collective up in Alaska. It looks like the recent visit from his parents provoked quite a bit of adventure and excitement:

Over the nine-hour boat ride we were able to see an incredible amount of sea life, dozens of killer whales, several humpbacks that would shoot water 30 feet into the air before turning tail and diving down to the depths, a furious display of male aggression from some sea lions, and a falcon causing thousands of birds to panic and swarm around a rock as if they were bees. One of the humpbacks breached water, clearing 20 feet and crashing down with a magnificent splash.

We ate lunch listening to a glacier that was over half a mile across crack and calve into the water. It shook like thunder and shotguns before massive chunks of ice would plummet causing waves to push out towards our boat. The entire trip was a guide’s dream come true. I remember days like that from when I was a sea kayak guide, and you know that everyone saw more that they had expected to, and that you couldn’t have better luck with the wildlife if you had baited the water.

How incredible does that sound? Click here to read more.

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