Prince William Sound on board Discovery

Sometimes you just land with your bum in the butter. Most of this year feels like that for us, but nothing exemplifies it more than our trip on the Discovery in Prince William Sound.

For 6 days, we plied the waters of the sound which was made famous by the damage it sustained from the Exxon-Valdez oil spill of 1989. It is beautiful beyond the singing of it (to steal a phrase from my countryman, Alan Paton). We were treated to up-close encounters with humpback whales, spawning salmon, black bears, eagles, otters, seals etc... It really was an interlude in paradise.

We were joined by our friend Patrick, who clicked away constantly, and 10 other passengers who were great company.

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