We took our first cruise to Berner's Bay today with the Audubon club of Juneau. We hadn't done anything like this since moving here, so decided to join the locals for some sight-seeing.  It was really nice, overcast but no rain.   We saw bald eagles, gulls, pipers, oystercatchers, loons, ducks, sea stars, harbor seals, sea lions, dall's porpoises, humpback whales, and the hi-light was seeing a pod of orcas (killer whales) right by the boat.   It was fantastic, it was like being at Sea World, only better.   My photos absolutely didn't do this day justice, but oh well.  Here's a photo of some 400 or so sea lions:

Here we are:

Here's one of the photos of the 5 or 6 orcas that kept playing around the boat:

Here's an Alaskan lighthouse on Sentinel island:

Nathan and I took a little cruise like this out of Seward back in 96, and it was nice, but we really saw much more marine life this time.  I think even the hosts were surprised at how many animals we saw, but since I had specifically prayed about seeing lots of wildlife, including whales, I wasn't surprised, just thankful for answered prayer.