Serese Cole and her husband Todd are on a Holiday Vacation in Alaska with 10/11 viewers. See "Related Stories" below to check out her earlier blogs about the trip.

Day Three

Today was fantastic!

This morning we left the our hotel in Anchorage and headed for Whittier, Alaska for our 26-Glacier Cruise.

On the way, we stopped by a bakery that sells the best cinnamon rolls in Alaska and we all indulged!

As we continued our journey to Whittier, we had a few wildlife sightings. First, we saw some dall sheep standing along the mountains. It was as if they were posing there just for us. We also spotted a few eagles as they soared through the sky.

While we were all excited to see that, it was no match for what we were about to encounter. Once we arrived in Whittier, we boarded the Klondike Express and began our cruise through the waters of the Prince William Sound.

Not only did we see some amazing waterfalls (snow melts) along the way, we were able to witness rafts of sea otters in their habitat right in the water. As we cruised by, the sea mammels swam, flipped and showed off for us over an over again. We all fell in love with them and couldn't believe how cute the creatures turned out to be! We also saw a few seals and yes - there was even a black bear sighting or two - but it was from a distance!

The highlight of the day, however, was the up close and personal view of the glaciers.
They were absolutely breath taking! They were so grand that most of us just stood in awe of the amazing, blue ice! We even had a chance to watch giant slabs of the ice crash into the sea. They call this calving and it was quite an impressive sight - and we had the opportunity to witness these wonders again and again - until before we knew it - it was time to turn around.

As we headed back to the port, the crew brought us warm chocolate chip cookies, and just when we thought we had seen it all - we found ourselves moving toward a huge colony of Black-Legged Kittiwake birds. They flew around in unison for quite some time. We were entertained, but our guide told us they were flying around to try and confuse the eagles - and avoid becoming dinner. Whatever the reason - it was fun to watch.

It was a wonderful end to a wonderful adventure.

Tonight...we had fresh cod for dinner - mmmm mmm.