{"id":6821,"date":"2019-08-02T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2019-08-02T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T19:03:20","slug":"portage-glacier-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2019\/08\/02\/portage-glacier-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Portage Glacier trip."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6724 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-009-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-009-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-009-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-009-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>We drove over to check out the tour boat that takes you to the portage glacier.\u00a0\u00a0 Turns out there were tix available for the 3pm tour and we purchased them.\u00a0\u00a0 We headed back to Williwaw to leave Dusty in the RV while we went out on\u00a0 it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6720 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-004-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-004-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-004-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>We got there and waited a bit till they allowed us on. It was a really beautiful day, so we took seats on the top deck.\u00a0\u00a0 So far the Kenai has been all sun for us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6738 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-028-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-028-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-028-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-028-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>They get to within a couple hundred feet of the glacier wall and unfortunately we didn&#8217;t get to see it calve off.\u00a0\u00a0 We did hear what sounded like a gunshot, which <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6740\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-030-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-030-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-030-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-030-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-030-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>we were told was the ice moving, but never saw any movement.<\/p>\n<p>The tour was a little over an hour and we were sure glad we had gone right away as that evening it started raining and it continued to rain the next two days we were there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6736\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-025-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-025-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-025-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6735\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-024-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-024-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-024-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6733\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-022-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-022-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-022-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-022-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6732\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-021-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-021-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-021-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6730\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-018-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-018-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-018-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-018-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-018-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6731\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-020-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-020-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-020-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-020-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6728\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-016-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-016-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-016-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-016-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6727\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-015-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-015-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-015-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-015-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6726\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-014-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-014-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-014-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-014-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-014-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6722\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-007-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-007-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-007-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-007-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-007.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6723\" src=\"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-008-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-008-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-008-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PortageGlacierWhittierArea-2019-008-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Off to Whittier in the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove over to check out the tour boat that takes you to the portage glacier.\u00a0\u00a0 Turns out there were tix available for the 3pm tour and we purchased them.\u00a0\u00a0 We headed back to Williwaw to leave Dusty in the RV while we went out on\u00a0 it. We got there and waited a bit till &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2019\/08\/02\/portage-glacier-trip\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Portage Glacier trip.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-traveling-the-hiways-and-byways","category-venturing-out-and-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}