A Great Day in Cordova & Childs Glacier

We had such a great time in Cordova ~ Alaska’s best kept secret!  It is a cute little fishing town surrounded by hills and snow covered peaks.  Eyak Lake is full of fish that swim in from the ocean via the Eyak River.  There are glaciers and a large delta teeming with shore birds, eagles, moose and bears.  This is where Eagle Eyes Candee got her name ~ she could spot an eagle from a 100 yards away.  She saw the bear and later the rest of us saw the bear scat and she was the one who spotted the swans nesting when it was just their necks peeking above the grass.

 

I could post a MILLION photos of the Childs Glacier ~ a MILLION!  It was a great afternoon spent watching and listening to the glacier move!  It groaned and cracked sounding like gun fire and rumbling thunder as it caved and fell into the Copper River in chunks the size of semi tractor trailers.  

                   

You could feel the cool breeze off the glacier and watch the waves from the falling ice cross the river and make their way to the other side of the bank ~ the one we were standing on.

All I can say is WOW!  What a great day!

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