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| Not always the case.... |
During the last month, we had some small cruise ships share a few of our anchorages. I'm happy to say that their anchoring distance, their crew, and their guests were all respectful of the peace, and quiet in the Alaskan wilderness. Tip of the hat to the
Uncruise Adventure company.
These kayakers were skirting the edges of
Yes Bay the morning we saw the orcas feeding, and listened to the wolves howling. Everyone sat very still while the whales were surfacing, they didn't try to get too close, and I can only imagine what a great experience that was for them.
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| Uncruise kayakers |
While we were in Walker Bay, we had more than one ship come in, unload kayakers, and paddle boarders, and check out the sights. There is a salmon spawning stream off one end, and eagles were very abundant, using my binoculars, I counted about 25 in just one area of the trees. We also saw bears here, but not while the kayakers were out.
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| Uncruise Adventure ship |
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| A well fed bear. |
Some of the ships were larger, though still not as big as the huge liners.
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| Uncruise Adventure ship |
We shared this cove with others on the Labor Day weekend, it was a protected cove, and as you can see, the weather was not that great. We had secured the mooring ball before anyone else arrived, and stayed through the heavy predicted winds. At one point we got hit with a 40kt williwaw, we could hear it coming, and then bam, it whacked us, and Denali Rose pulled hard on the mooring. The wind generator loved it, that was my first williwaw smackdown.
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| Looking through the rainy windows at three boats rafted up, with a fourth close by, and a fishing vessel. |
Our last stop was Menefee Point, and we scored big time. A local commercial fisherman, was anchored nearby, and when he left, he delivered a bag of shrimp to us. We were very grateful, and declared them delicious!
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| Took a photo before they were all gone! |
Then an Uncruise ship came in for the day, and after the anchoring process, their launch headed over to us. We came out on deck to greet them, and were handed a nice bottle of wine, and a bag of homemade cookies. They apologized for disrupting our quiet cove, and hoped that the gift would make up for it. And how, come disrupt anytime!
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| The goodies ship. |
If I ever had a desire for a larger ship experience, I would definitely look into what this company had to offer.
