and Greg as well...
After the whales, we cruised by South Marble Island. This small island is covered with Steallar Sea Lions, only the males. Apparently, the males with mates remain further north in Muir Inlet, and those without come here to mourn..
Greg and Jan rode out front...
while we cruised into our anchoring spot in North Sandy Cove...
We again set our 'pots and fished, but the only catch this time was this sea-urchin...
Then, we headed further north toward Margerie Glacier. This glacier is one of the most popular, because she is calving into Tarr Inlet often...along the way, we saw this Mountain Goat, nursing her little
baby...hard to see in the picture...As we entered the north extent, the icebergs appeared and we had to navigate them
but then around the last turn we could see the Grand Pacific Glacier, 
which does not quite make it to the tidewaters...and to the left, the famous Margerie Glacier!! 
We motored right up to the base and could hear the cracks as they occurred. We cut all engines and just sat there for an hour listening to these incredible sounds...
We heard many cracks, and saw two huge chunks calve off..
one while taking this picture!
We finally decided to head south and find an anchorage...we went past the Lundgren Glacier, noted because of the huge flume of water gushing out at the base...it was roaring!! 
You can see it in the lower center of this picture. Then we cruised into the Reid Inlet, home of Reid Glacier..
As you can see, it looks like a tidewater glacier, but the ice does not actually reach the water. We anchored and then the sunset!!
Reid Glacier is an incredible anchorage! Tomorrow we head out, and then who knows. The critical issue that has risen, is an alternator failure noticed today. Our house bank of batteries drifted down while underway, and I could only find a broken ground lead to explain it. I'll trouble-shoot that tomorrow, as the generator is giving us plenty of capacity...
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