The Moto Wanderer: Alaskan Cruise Vacay Day 3:Seeing some wildlife 063017

Woke up to have an early breakfast as we have a long day ahead of us. Drive down the coast stopping at beluga point (however we dont see any whales as I think it was low tide. Hang there for a little bit before continuing down the coast to the Alaska wildlife conservation center to take a behind the scenes tour that we booked ahead of time. Tour guide finds our group (6 people total) and begins the incredibly informative tour. Takes us to see all the animals as we walk around the grounds, get to see some moose, bears, etc. with the musk ox being much smaller than I thought.

So apparently these cliffs have water coming out of them that people capture into water jugs. I guess nature's water fountain.

Found some reindeer on a hill.

This dude had horns for days. Part of me was thinking he probably was laying down due to the weight of those bad boys.

Reindeer up close.

Cool looking creatures.

AMERICA!!!! This little dude was injured so lives here now.

Bear playing with a bone.

Bear on the prowl.

Black bear running around in the grass.

Some cool wolves hanging out with each other.

Sleep lil dude!

Porcupine popping up to say hey

Little dude just exploring the area.

These were our guides favorite animals here. So tiny.

Our guide feeding his babies.

Cute lil guys just eating some leaves.

Brown bear.

Cute guy.

These animals are so precious looking...

But look at those paws... Danger!

As long as you arent being mauled by these guys, they are pretty cute animals.

I wanted this bear to go on a rampage on the birds behind them. Apparently it does happen every now again.

These guys were a lot smaller than expected. Like the size of a small deer or something like that.

Had a seagull come hang in the park with all the trapped animals.

Great view.

Found us some bison.

Sleeping fox.

Finally saw a moose.

At the end of the tour, we get to all take turns feeding one of the oldest residents of the center, this porcupine. So gentle as he reaches out to take the peanut from you. Was really cool.

Porcupine taking a peanut from my hand.

Apparently low tide as there are exposed sand bed in the waterways.

After finishing up the tour, we drive over to the ski resort town of Aleyska to drive around a little bit and check it out. Wind up at a thai food stall for lunch which was pretty good. Explore the town a little more and then head over to flat top to do a little hike. In my reading, I remember flat top being popular and I equated that with being easy so we started the hike with maybe 1/3 a bottle of water; definitely needed much more than that. Hiking our way up to the top and get to where the path becomes bouldering instead of a hike. We keep going up and eventually get to a point where we decide we are done with bouldering and take a seat to enjoy the view and chat with other hikers. Carefully make our way down the rocks to return to the car and go check out Anchorage brewing since it was closed the first time and I was told this was the best brewery in Anchorage. It did not disappoint. The interior design was pretty great and the beers were even better. Had a 13% stout that was aged in glenmorangie barrels that was easy drinking like a pilz - delicious! Grabbed some wine for the cruise ship then went to Tommy's burger stop for some dinner. The burgers were pretty tasty, though the wait seemed a little drawn out for the business that was there - though there were many take out orders that came so that could have been the reason. We then get back to the house to shower and crash as it was a long and fun day.