Cool blue skies greeted National Geographic Sea Lion as she docked in Haines for a day of adventure. Following an early breakfast, the first group of expeditionists departed for Mount Riley. An Alaskan guide piloted this group up the mountain where an icy peak awaited us. All the while other members of our group visited the Klukwan Cultural Center and biked along the beautiful coastline.
Following lunch, I led members of our group through town on a photo walk where foraging ravens, wonderful Native art, and the quirks of small-town Alaskan life were among our subjects. Others took the afternoon to hike along the shore at Battery Point where diving buffleheads and bald eagles stole the show.
