"Baby Beluga" (September 12, 2009)

We headed up to Anchorage to get some things before the winter hits. On our way we stopped at Bird Point, just south of Anchorage. Bird Point looks out over the Turnagain Arm, a long and narrow inlet off the Pacific Ocean. Turnagain Arm is well known for displays of beluga whales. Beluga whales can frequently be spotted in the Turnagain Arm, as well as the Kenai River, going after spawning salmon. Unfortunately, on this rain day, all we saw was a stationary one made out of cement. Real beluga whales will have to be for another time. But any occasion that gives us an opportunity to sing "Baby Beluga" by Raffi is a good day!