Alaska day 3

We woke up at 6:30 am to go to the ferry and we boarded and left at 8am. We saw a humpback whale, sea lions, puffins, porpous, and sea otters. It was fun but took from 8 til 1:30 !! I watched kiss kiss bang bang at Erin's suggestion and it was pretty good. I enjoyed the boat ride and we had some amazing views. Then we got off and went through a tunnel in the mountain that connects Whittier with the rest of alaska, and it was 2.5 miles long, one way. They have to regulate the traffic so on the hour until half past the hour it goes one way, and the rest of the time it goes another way. Then we saw the portage glacier which was really nice, and there were 3 other glaciers next to it. We then proceeded to the wildlife refuge and saw some really cool animals up close, and the pictures look amazing! Next we went to our hotel, which is our first hotel to go to before 10pm, and we got here around 4pm. I went and worked out, swam, and got in the hot tub then came back and we toured around the small town near Alyeska. During the winter, this is a big ski resort for most alaskans and some other people. Then my dad, mom and I went to this old gold mine in the town but it was closed. My dad and I went on a hike for a few minutes, then we saw a german shepard and it looked like it wanted to attack me! Luckily the owners were nearby and told it to back off. At first i thought it was a bear, because i was looking out mostly for bears at that point. Then we went to the top of the mountain in a tram and it was really cool. We ate dinner up there at a really nice resturaunt and it was some superb salmon. James had an Elk steak, sallie had a beef filet, dad had halibut and mom had tofu. We all got something different! That never happens! So the resturaunt had an amazing view of the "turnagain" finger of the bay that captain cook had to turn again and again to get out of because the tide difference is 39ft between low and high tide! Sometimes the river looks completely empty and its all mud, other times it is full to the brim, it just depends on the time of day! So we came back down the mountain to our really nice hotel, the Alyeska Prince hotel, and we have a nice view of the mountain from our room. I'm in the business area uploading pics to facebook. I love you Tara, goodnight!