June 10, 2012: On the water with family in Juneau, Alaska...

June 10, 2012:

We enjoyed our Sunday with family 

out on the water in Juneau, Alaska 

trying to catch a king salmon and a rainy day.  

No luck catching a king salmon, 

although we had a fabulous lunch while
laughing and telling stories...

Heading out of the harbor...

A bald eagle in a tree on the point, 
and it was perched there for hours...

A couple of geese 
flying overhead...

A Scoter popped
up for a visit...

A soaring bald eagle...

Alaska Seaplane...

A couple of beagles ran quite the distance
along the shoreline; they were all alone
and appeared to be on a mission of some sort
before heading into the trees above...

We thought they had a fish on,
but no go...

Slow day fishing for everyone,
never saw anyone (including us) 
hook a king salmon today...

This bald eagle was in this tree
for a hour and a half before it took flight.


What a fabulous day we all had!!

May 26, 2011: DAY 6: Our 2011 Spring King Salmon Derby Days in Juneau, Alaska...

May 26, 2011:

Our sixth day fishing the Spring King Salmon Derby the month of May in Juneau, Alaska from our skiff at Tee Harbor...



A beautiful day to be in the skiff taking photographs of the delightful scenery.
...The wind was up, so it was bit choppy...





A day on the water with my best friend ~ my husband...



  

A person fishing off the shoreline of Tee Harbor...





A Bald Eagle soaring above the trees...



A Whale off the entrance of Tee Harbor...

  

It's a derby out there...





A crisp blue and clear day, so Bald Eagles were soaring off and on all day long...





Only on a very clear day was I able to capture this mountain behind Tee Harbor...

Waves breaking at the point of Tee Harbor...




Bald Eagles are so regal...



The sun is starting to set over the mountains, with a skiff off the entrance of Tee Harbor...



Tee Harbor, and to the left is the beach area where fishermen launch their skiffs...



Derby fishermen fighting a King Salmon inside Tee Harbor...



Well, the skiff is out of the water...we're heading home (no fish today ;) ~ this is a view of Auk Nu Cove where the ferry terminal is located in Juneau, Alaska



May 23, 2011: DAY 5: Our 2011 Spring King Salmon Derby Days in Juneau, Alaska...

May 23, 2011:

Our fifth day fishing the Spring king Salmon Derby the month of May in Juneau, Alaska from our skiff (Great fishing and viewing wildlife on a beautiful day)...



Early morning bite was on, and I was the first to land this nice King Salmon...



And, our luck continued - Max landed another shortly thereafter...

 

Max posing with his catch of the morning...

 

The herring were in abundance during most of the derby days in Tee Harbor, although not as much as we saw today...they were flipping everywere, so the Pigeon Guillemots (not a duck, but an alcid - seabird related to puffins) that breed on coasts and islands from southern Alaska were prevalent everywhere today...

 

These Pigeon Guillemots are so graceful...

 

An action shot of a Pigeon Guillemot taking flight...



The sunrise is just beginning...

 

This quaint cabin simply evokes serenity...



The sunrise from inside Tee Harbor on this beautiful morning...



I was lucky to capture such a close-up of a herring jumping out of the water inside Tee Harbor (you can actually see its eye ;)...

 

A stunning and beautiful morning...

 

Killer Whales approaching - there goes the fishing, and instead, bring on the whale watching...



Killer Whales feeding on schools of herring...



The Killer Whales were really thrashing about...



This huge Whale was attempting to get away from the Killer Whales, so it entered Tee Harbor and ended coming up just a few feet in front of our skiff...



Numerous Killer Whales having a feeding frenzy on herring...





Last sighting of Killer Whales and a Whale, so we're on our way to the beach at Tee Harbor to start the drive home...



We happened upon a young Black Bear along the roadside (it's still shedding its winter coat)...



The Black Bear decided to head back into the brush...



It decided to give us one last look...further on we saw two deer as well (nice huge bucks), although the photographs turned out too blurry due to many other vehicles passing by while attempting to capture pics of them...