Harriman Fjord

So I could write a book about this trip! To begin with, we wanted to do something fun for Kari's 30th birthday. Originally we had thought about climbing Mt. Rainier but when it came down to it we wanted to do something Alaskan! So we got online, did some research and found a Kayak expedition into Harriman Fjord in Prince William Sound. We found the trip now we just needed a guide or someone to show us the way. After a tone of research we found the best possible guide! His name is Ryan Collins with Paddlers Realm http://www.paddlersrealm.com/ ...he's the best! Anyhow, Saturday we all met at our place, Ryan came over gave us some pointers and dry-bags to pack to depart the following morning. This trip consisted of Kari, Rachel, Rachael, Erin, JT, myself and our guide Ry-dog "screen savor". ok
Day 1: We all met at the Carrs, drove down (in the pouring rain) and dropped the gear off for the boat. The ride was about 1.5 hours and I couldn't believe all the gear fit into the kayaks. We kayaked about 8 miles to our first camp which was a black sand beach below Cox Glacier. This was phenomenal, the sound of the ice caving off reminded me of thunder!
Day 2: We got up, packed up and paddled through a bunch of icebergs to a beautiful waterfall. This was a bigger day, I think we went 12 to 14 miles. We found a little hike to an old cabin and reached our second campsite called "viewpoint"...the name says it all!
Day 3: We did a day paddle to Surprise Glacier hiked up on a waterfall, and watched this massive tidewater glacier from up close! At one point we paddled through a slushy which was super cold. That night we made dutch oven peach cobbler for Kari's birthday, sang to her and had some candles.
Day 4: We packed up and paddled out to a really nice beach. At the beach the sun came out and we all laid on the sand and just enjoyed it. We got to our camp a little early but that was fine because we all just wanted to relax
Day 5: Packed up paddled to another hike to an old mine. Then we paddled out to our pick up and drove home.

We had all types of weather, great company, and amazing natural wonders.