Alaska was always on the list of places that I wanted to return to. On the other hand when Josh asked me if I would like to join him and other friends for a kayaking trip at Glacier bay national park, I wasn't so sure. I haven't been really kayaking and I knew that Alaska can be pretty wet and cold, but in the end I decided to go for it, and it was glad for this decision!
I left with Gayatri and Chris a few days earlier before the rest of friends and we spent 3 days exploring Juneau and surroundings. On Friday we met with Grant and then on Saturday morning we flew to Gustavus and there we met with Rachel and Josh. First we watched instructional video in park service and obtained our permit, then we tried out our rain gear, kayaks and listen to more advices what to do and not to do in the bay from the rental company. On Sunday morning we took a boat with other tourists and first had a ride around the bay. Around 2 pm we were dropped off. When we got out of the boat there was a light rain for about 30 minutes, but except for some rain over the first night camping that was all we got. We were extremely lucky and the weather cooperated well. We also saw many whales, dolphins, seals, bald eagles and other birds. We spent 6 nights kayaking around the bay. On the following Saturday we were again picked up by the same boat and took back to Gustavus. We left for Juneau the same day and on Sunday we flew back to San Francisco.
PHOTOS FROM JUNEAU AND GUSTAVUS
PHOTOS FROM GLACIER BAY NP
Aljaska byla vzdy mistem, kam jsem se chtela vratit. Na druhou stranu, kdyz se me Josh zeptal, jestli bych se chtela pripojit k nemu a dalsim kamaradum na projizdeni narodniho parku Glacier Bay na kajacich, nebyla jsem si uplne jista. Mockrat jsem na kajacich nebyla a vedela jsem, ze Aljaska muze byt pekne mokra a chladna, ale nakonec jsem rada za sve rozhodnuti jet!
Gayatri, Chris a ja jsem odjeli o par dni drive nez ostatni a stravili jsme 3 dny prochazenim se Juneau a okoli. V patek prijel Grant a pak v sobotu rano jsme odleteli do Gustavus a tam jsme se potkali s Rachel a Joshem. Nejdrive jsme se divali na informativni video ve sprave parku a tam jsme dostali take nase povoleni, pak jsme si vyzkouseli nase nepromokave obleceni, kajaky a dostali jsme dalsi rady co delat a nedelat v zalivu od firmy kde jsme si pujcovali tyto veci. V nedeli rano jsme nasedli do lodi s dalsimi cestujicim a nejdrive jsem se projeli po zalivu. Kolem 14h jsme byli vysaseni. Kdyz jsme se dostali z lodi, tak mirne prselo asi 30 minut, ale krome nejakeho deste prvni noc kempovani to bylo vse co nam prselo. Meli jsme neuveritelne stesti a pocasi spolupracovalo skvele. Videli jsem take hodne velryb, delfinu, lachtanu, orlu belohlavych a dalsich ptaku. Zaliv jsem projizdeli 6 noci. Nasledujici sobotu jsem byli opet vyzvednuti stejnou lodi a ta nas vzala zpet do Gustavus. Ve stejny den jsme odleteli zpet do Juneau a v nedeli pak do San Francisca.
FOTKY Z JUNEAU AND GUSTAVUS
FOTKY Z GLACIER BAY NP
