{"id":15086,"date":"2025-07-30T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T01:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=15086"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:11:11","slug":"eastern-baranof-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=15086","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Baranof Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two dib rides, more kayaking, more wildlife sightings<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Where archaeological evidence has revealed people were living 10,000 years ago, although today, the wilderness rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday morning in Red Bluff Bay<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Kayaking away from the cascade fed by Mt. Harden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We reached the eastern shores of Baranof Island<\/mark><\/strong> in the early morning and cruised into Red Bluff Bay<\/mark><\/strong> after breakfast. (Note, much of the island is officially Sitka. The town of Sitka is on the west side of the island.) We were out on the first dib and cruised along the shore (where we saw jellyfish), got close to the several hundred-foot cascade fed by Mt. Harden, and checked out the end of the bay (where we saw a couple of harbor seals). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back on board, we decided to try our hand at kayaking again. We went back to the end of the bay first, as others had seen bear there. We did not. Then we kayaked along the shore for another visit to the cascades. We got pics of a jellyfish or 2, but not good ones. It took us a bit longer to get to the cascades under our own power vs the dib, especially paddling against the tide and the wind. Cruising back to the boat with<\/strong> the tide and wind was less work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were a tad late to lunch, watching the scenary as we cruised back out of Red Bluff Bay<\/mark><\/strong>, and finally figured out why it was so named! Then we headed north along the shore of Baranof Island in Chatham Straits, while we lunched and attended our last onboard lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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