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Day four is LuLu Belle day and the weather is cooperating this year. We wake up to glorious sunshine which is good since we are taking a boat tour out to Columbia Glacier. Now last year Jeff was violently sick on this cruise and he is steadfastly refusing to go this year. So I will escort the group and hope we get to see lots of sea animals.

We sail out at 2:oo pm and the sea is as smooth as glass. It's also still and warm as good as it gets for our excursion. The boat is very pretty and comfortble and we start out seeing a few puffins, sea otters and a shoreline with lots of sea lions. They are very loud and combative with each other and many have bloody wounds, but it is still exciting to see them so close in their natural habitat. Next come the whales and we see several humpbacks, but none will breach so we are content to see their backs and a few flukes (tails in the air.)

The day is enjoyable and Captain Fred gives narration all day so there is lots of information as well as the animals. We pass Bligh Island, named for the Captain himself, and the spot where the Exxon Valdez ran aground. We near Columbia Glacier and see huge ice bergs which keep us from actually reaching the glacier. After taking photos with the bluish ice we turn around and head home. Tomorrow we leave and begin to head home.