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2023 Flotilla to Alaska | Mound Island to Blunden Harbour - Day 5

by Laura Domela 16 May 17:32 PDT
Two's Out leaving Mound Island anchorage - 2023 Flotilla to Alaska © Laura Domela

We left Mound Island by 7am this morning, not because we needed to, but because we want some time to play in Blunden Harbour later today. There's so much to explore there, and the weather is (still) amazing.

The folks on Two's Out sent us this nice photo of Airship under way in Queen Charlotte Strait this morning. So pretty!

Not long after we entered Queen Charlotte Strait, we saw some big splashes up ahead...a humpback whale was alternating fin-slapping, breaching, and tail-slapping, but mostly breaching. Here are a bunch of photos.. .we stopped for a while to watch before continuing on our way.

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