Seward, Alaska, population 2,787, (not counting the thousands that arrive on cruise ships) elevation sea level then it goes straight up, set in an inlet on the Kenai Peninsula. 167 miles from Homer also on the Kenai, 67 miles as the crow flies but no roads connect the two.
We left Homer about 9:45 - a beautiful blue sky, windless day, we all hated to leave. We pulled into Stoney Creek RV park about 2, very wooded area with a "stoney" creek rushing on the border of the property. A little disappointing considering what we had just left. We had to take the road toward Anchorage out of Homer, shortly before the Seward Highway cut-off we drove past a Pepsi-Cola semi truck that slid into the ditch, landing on it's side. That could have been any of us with the narrow roads we've had to travel. The tow trucks were there, I think they were scratching their heads on the best way to pull the truck out of there. We were lucky traffic was not affected by the accident. Later that evening we watched a bald eagle glide by the tree tops.
After breakfast we drove to Exit Glacier, only about 10 miles from the park, an accessible glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. I hiked the 1 mile round trip trail to view the Glacier and Resurrection River (I think that was the name of the river), Gary went on up to the upper view.
After lunch the Caravan group went to Alaska Sea Life, we all got to view the aquarium then were treated to a talk on Puffins. The aviary specialist brought in 3 varieties of Puffin, one of which we forgot the name and I couldn't find the name in any research. Oh well! The Horned Puffin and the Tufted Puffin were so cute, they had a special bond with her. Puffins are stocky, short-winged and short-tailed birds, with black upper parts and white underparts. The head has a black cap, the face is mainly white and the feet are orange-red. The bill is partially orange, they are diving birds, they beat their wings up to 400 times a minute in flight but also use their wings diving to help them go deeper. They only weigh about 13 oz.
After we left the aquarium we walked through Old Town, the prices are high because of the cruise patrons. I did stop in the quilt store and picked up a free pattern. We had dinner at Seward Brewing, Kim and Dennis joined us, they live in Florida and are taking a 10 month trip across the country.
That's it for tonight enjoy the pic's,
TTFN,
Gary and Pam
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| Exit Glacier |
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| River running out from under glacier |
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| Statue in front of Alaska Sea Life |
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| Seal in one of the tanks |
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| View from Alaska Sea Life across Resurrection Bay and mountains |
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| Horned puffin in habitat exhibit |
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| Forgot the name of this little guy ,with Aviary expert |
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| Horned puffin this gives you the idea of it's size |
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| Horned puffin |
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| 3 month old sea otter that had been rescued |
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