Waterfall in Rudyerd Bay. Misty Fjords National Monument. Ketchikan, Alaska.
First stop on cruise from Ketchikan to Juneau with @Uncruise.
We anchored overnight, then launched kayaks in this spectacular fjord with soaring rock walls and beautiful waterfalls
A fantastic start for our adventure as guest hosts.
No internet or cellular coverage most of the time
Posting this from Wrangell, Alaska on day 4.
Kayaking among granite walls above saltwater, Rudyerd Bay. Misty Fjords National Monument. Ketchikan, Alaska.
To kayak here is to get a sore neck as I follow the ridgeline with my gaze.
Glacially carved and polished, the walls continue to plunge down xxx meters (xx feet), testimony to the powerful ice that once flowed down this flooded valley.
Named for John Rudyerd, engineer who designed a lighthouse for England’s New Eddystone Rock in 1703. (Info from Patricia Roppel’s book: Misty Fiords National Monument, Alaska, Farwest Research, Wrangell, AK.)
Rudyerd Bay is the most visited fjord in Misty Fjords, but since we had anchored overnight, we were alone.
We departed and turned north toward Walker Cove and the Chickamin & Unuk Rivers before any day cruisers from Ketchikan arrived.
