Mother Goose Leg 4, Day 6 - Blue Mouse Cove to Reid Inlet

The whole point of going to Glacier Bay is to see glaciers, and that’s exactly what we did today! We made our way from Blue Mouse Cove to the base of the Margerie and Grand Pacific Glaciers. It looked as if none of the Grand Pacific was left, but really it was just entirely covered in dirt from its terminal moraine. The Margerie Glacier on the other hand, was everything one could ask for in a glacier! It’s deep blue color and giant cracks were only two of its beautiful features. And to add on top of that, it even calved twice. Calving is when a bit of the glacier breaks off of the face with a loud bang and falls into the water. In addition, just for fun, some of the boats collected “bergi bits” from the water to enjoy in their cocktails later that evening.

After we further explored the magnificent glaciers, the fleet cruised down to the entrance of the Johns Hopkins Inlet but we couldn’t go past Jaw Point, about halfway up the arm, because it is temporarily closed to avoid disturbing newborn seal pups. At the entrance though, lay another massive glacier, sparkling in the intermittent sunshine.

After we left our morning’s glacier adventure, we didn’t realize the next adventure we’d be in for! The boats came into Reid Inlet where we would anchor for the night right in front of Reid Glacier. Emmelina suggested a walk on the Reid Glacier. As Navigator pulled out their dinghy to head towards the shore, their engine stopped and they were stranded in the middle of the bay with the current pushing them steadily away from the anchored boats. Luckily, Deceptions’ dinghy was coming by and we had to save them! At first the two boats were connected by just hands we spun in circles in the current, but after instructions from Brian, the two dinghies made it back to the big boats by traveling in idle with Deception’s dinghy dragging Navigator’s by their bow line, everyone laughing and singing.

After our peaceful walk through waterfalls and the glacier ice, our magnificent glacier adventures for the day had come to an end. We fell asleep to a rare clear sky, as the mountains surrounding the glacier stood clear, making for a beautiful night.