Seward

Went out for a walk along the fjord earlier, but it started raining again. So we hurried back to the camper where it's nice and cozy and a good time to update the blog.

Yesterday, Tuesday, we came into Seward and drove around town before we decided on a campground. We first stopped at the Alaska Sealife Center. It is a very nice facility with plenty of hands-on displays for kids as well as a nice selection of native wildlife.








After leaving the sealife center, we drove along the fjord and were delighted to see campgrounds run by the city of Seward right along the coastline. We picked out our site, with water and electric, and just happened to have free wifi here.


What a view, aye?

We had a fine dinner at Ray's Seafood, which included Alaskan king crab legs......fantastic....better than lobster. Later we booked our cruise for Wednesday and called it a day.

Our cruise was from 11:30 to 5:30 Wednesday, June 17, and cruised around Kenai Fjords National Park. It was overcast when we left and went downhill from there. It was cold and windy and it also rained lightly most of the time out in open water. However, that did not deter me from being out on deck getting as many pictures as I could, frozen fingers and all. Here are the fruits of my labor.



Sea otters are everywhere. They just float on the waves bobbing up and down without a care eating or cleaning themselves.


We were informed there are many types of gulls (seagulls is not a type) and these are pics of their breeding grounds. Regardless, they are all still very messy as you can see by the 'paintings' on the second pic.



We saw several glaciers, but did not approach this one because of ice floes.




We approached this glacier within about 200 yards and were fortunate to see some small calving. It is an awesome sight.


After leaving the glacier, we came upon several humpback whales. Most were just lolling on the surface with only their humpbacks showing, but one did 'sound' (dive) showing its tail as it dove deep. Unfortunately, I missed the picture.



There were also puffins floating around.

And the ever-present lazy sea otters.

These are steller seals. There is also a live camera which feeds back to the Alaska Sealife Center.




And finally our beachfront motohome as we returned from the tour.


P.S. I was minutes away from completing this entry when I lost the internet back in Seward. I just finished it from Wasilla after a trip back to Whittier and a second cruise from Whittier today, Friday June 19.

More to follow.....stay tuned.

Ron & Barb