Hobo Bay

We left the three glaciers (Cascade, Barry & Coxe) and headed through the Harriman Fjord enroute to Hobo bay to look at the old Goldmine. The following pictures are from the ship at anchor in Hobo Bay and from the hike up to the abandoned Goldmine the following morning.

Looking back out of Hobo Bay from the back porch, there was a beautiful rainbow in the setting sun.

The last rays of the sun peaking up over the snowy hillsides.

The last moments of the setting sun over Hobo Bay, glowing and looking almost like Northern lights.

There were Lion's Mane Jellyfish, Cyanea capillata, floating in the calm bay waters. This one came up close enough to the surface to get a nice shot of it with a flash. Don't they look like a scrambled egg?

Many of the Lion's Mane Jellyfish had small schools of fish living in the protection of their tentacles. I have heard that they are either small jacks or perhaps small salmon that use the tentacles for protection from predators.

This is the view of the far side of the island, still showing evidence of a small shack on the shorline.

There was not much left of the small mining settlement, other than bits of iron furniture such as old bed frames, sinks and a refrigerator.

The remnants of a sifter that would help sort out the gold.

This was supposed to have been where the rocks from the mine (further up the trail) were crushed.

The abandoned mine shaft looking very dark and impenetrable.

Some pretty white flowers that were found growing in the water along the path.

A Jeffrey's Shooting Star, Dodecatheon jeffreyi, blooming in the bog.