Continued photos from the encounter previously described.  

We took a boat ride to Hoonah and saw 12 humpbacks along the way and a pod of orcas on our way back.  The first group of humpbacks were near North Pass.  The usual whales seemed to be present including Flame (#1538) and Barnacles (#2070) and her calf.  I am unsure if Flame's calf was there.  There were at least six whales in the area so it was difficult to determine. 

As we headed through Icy Strait and got closer to Hoonah, we noticed a group of six humpbacks swimming and diving right next to each other.  In 2017 we saw a group of humpbacks bubble feeding in the same area so we stopped to see what they were doing.  I was able to get a fluke photo of one of the whales and it turned out to be a whale from our 2017 encounter.  The whales never began bubble feeding while we were watching them, but I cannot help but wonder if they eventually did.  

While we were headed back to Juneau we spotted a large pod of orcas in Chatham Strait near Point Retreat.  The whales were spread out and seemed to be in every direction that we looked.  They were very active, as we saw tail slapping and breaching.  I believe they were AG pod (resident orcas).  I recognized AG27 (Yakobi) from prior encounters with him.    

We spent more time in our boat and found at least four humpbacks in North Pass.  The water was rough so it was difficult to determine how many there were.  #1538 aka Flame was in the area and we did see a calf, but at times it seemed like there were two calves.  One of the whales logged at the surface almost the entire time we were in the area.  Getting photos was challenging due to the water conditions.   

We spent some time in our boat and found at least four humpbacks in North Pass, including #2070 aka Barnacles and her calf.  One of the whales spent a lot of time logging at the surface.  It then dove and breached.  Several hours later we came back through the pass and noticed one of the whales logging at the surface again.  After it dove it breached.  I am not sure if it was the same whale that we saw breach earlier in the day.  We have seen a lot of breaching this year.  I am hoping that means the whales are getting the food that they need.