"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," Plato once said. There is beauty in people, in your surroundings, and in the stars at night. There are many places on this planet that Mother Nature has given a special touch. Scenes that are so breathtaking that it makes you realize who you are, where you are at, and how small you are. There are places where all of your senses are awestruck with the surroundings, and you feel total powerlessness in the grandeur. When you see the awesome displays of nature at Glacier Bay, Alaska, they can make you feel that powerlessness. The beauty around Glacier Bay is truly something to behold. As you stand in a cruise boat, you look around and take notice ...view middle of the document...
The vibrations from far off come right up through the soles of your feet. It's power that comes from miles away, yet you can feel and sense it.Bordering these glaciers, there is a beautiful, untouched, old-growth forest filled with giant Douglas Firs and Red Cedars that come at you from the base of the mountains right up to the bay's edge. Their size and stature is overwhelming. Their branches are reaching out to you and using their power to pull you into their grasp and keep you there forever. The scent of the cedar is sweet, clean and fresh. There is pungent smelling moss that hangs like cloaks from the trees. As the wind blows through the boughs, the trees sway back and forth, cracking and moaning. It's as if they're doing some slow song and dance they have been practicing for centuries. Finally, the smell from the salty ocean mixed with the mossy scent of the forest will strike you and remind you that amongst all that power, there is true refreshment. You can taste the fresh air. It cleanses your palate like cold, fresh water from a mountain stream.The wildlife that lives in this forest around these glaciers and in the bay is very amazing. The killer whales are constantly surfacing around you. They seem curious as to what you're doing there. Every time they surface, you ...
