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Cruise aboard the Statendam - College Fjord, AK 5pm-8pm
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It took most of the day to reach College Fjord, another protected area although
not a national park. We picked up the Fjord pilots and a naturalist about 6:00pm (again, they just
pulled up in a small boat called a tender and came on board). College Fjord was discovered in the early 1900’s by an expidition funded by a wealthy railroad magnate who came to Alaska in an
attempt to regain his health. He brought a boatload of scientists and explorers, but he also brought wriers,
artists, and poets, including the famous naturalist, John Muir. I don’t know how many glaciers are in the Fjord but he named them after famous East
Coast universities, like Harvard, Yale, and Wellsley (hence, the name of the
area). It was hard to pull ourselves away.
We are pulling into Seward very early tomorrow morning, which is where we leave
the ship and catch a bus to Anchorage (about 70 miles away). It been a great cruise but we are eager to get off on the next phase of our
adventure - SEEING THE MODEL T.
Driving it Home
Montana Majestic Mountain T Tour
On The Road Again
Yellowstone then Home
