Date/time: July 18, 2006, 12:00 local (z-9) Position at Reid Inlet: 57D27'N 135D05'W Noon nm, km. Avg. speed: 7.5 kts kph Course bearing: 278D Sea state: Not stated Wx: wind S, 5 to 10 kts (10to 20km), cloudy today Water temp: 13.00C Crew: Ben, Brad & Kevin Remarks: Great day, went up to within 0.9 nm, 1.6 km from the Canadian border. The Grand Pacific Glacier can be seen snaking along for miles back, but it is all covered with gravel near the sea. The Margerie Glacier is just to the left and it has mostly nice white ice and breaks off into the sea. The "Diamond Princess" cruise ship passed us on the way in, and again on the way out. It is 1,200-feet long and stayed a bit farther from the glacier than us. Started out south, but stopped in Beartrack Bay on the way out of Glacier Bay to visit with Dan Green and friends in a 52' Nordic Tug. Dan had been following our trip and contacted us some time ago so we got together for a lovely visit. At 23:00 we unrafted and went to fetch Sitka. We didn't anchor there because we go through Peril Strait which is challenging and only a daylight trip for us. Fantastic scenery. http://www.nps.gov/glba/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Bay_National_Park -- Ben Gray Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com To follow Idlewild with Google Earth: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the Trawler M/V JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7