Prince William Sound Kayak Trip

On Monday we came back from a four night kayak trip at the Prince William Sound. The first day we drove out to Whittier and got our kayaks and gear. When we got it all figured out and packed and stuff we water taxied a ways out to Hobo Bay (hehe hobo hehe) and got dumped there with our stuff in a pile on the beach next to us. After taking a quick trip to get water we loaded our kayaks and headed off to our camp site. It was a really nice day, really sunny (unusual for Alaska, unfortunately) and calm. We saw a ton of whales, orcas from far off and some other ones that came really close but we don’t know what kind they were. It was really awesome!!!

The second day was pretty much the same as the first except we didn’t see any whales (bummer) but we saw a few awesome glaciers instead. Dad and Kayley paddled really close to it but it was really windy so everyone else gave up and waited for them to come back. We camped pretty close to it so we could hear it thundering all night long. It also started raining so it was pretty hard to sleep because it was really loud.

The next day we all went up close to the glacier and had to paddle through a ton of icebergs that had fallen off of it. Then we paddled over to a big bay that had like three glaciers going into it and camped really, really close to it. Dad stayed up really late because he wanted to see it all fall down. Of course it fell down like five minutes after he went to bed.

The fourth day it was really cloudy and gross and we paddled around the bay and visited all the glaciers. Sarah also climbed on top of an iceberg for money. Then we paddled all the way back to Hobo Bay except for a mile or so and stayed at a really crappy campsite. It started raining before we finished dinner and when we got ready for bed we realized that we had left Zander’s and my sleeping bags on the beach at the last campsite. So, pretty much that night was really cold and wet.

 It kept raining all night and on and off all the next day too. After cowering in our tent for a really long time in the morning we ate and then dad took Zander and I of on a really wet and muddy hike to a granite mine that we never found. Instead we found a few rusty trucks, a few oil drums and a few random tires. We also found a lot of mud and slime. While we were doing this Kayley, Sarah and mom went fishing in the kayak. Then we packed up and paddled off around the point to Hobo Bay which took about 20 minutes. We paddled around in the bay for a while just to kill some time and then set up a little rain cover thing with a tarp and sat there for a while playing cards for M&Ms and drinking tea and eating soup until the boat came. When we got back we went out to dinner before we drove home.