This morning we skipped the pancake breakfast our Ambassadors made for all of us, Gary and I wanted to take the dog sled tours, the only tour available was the 10-11:30 at Mitch Seaveys Dog Sled Adventure. After a talk about Mitch Seavey - a 3 time Iditarod Champion, and also the oldest at 57 to win in 2017, his son has won 4 times. Now it's time to mush! All during the talk we could hear the dogs barking in their kennels, all ready to run. The sleds are metal with wheels, we had 9 (3 kids) on our sled, one young lady got to stand in the back with Grayson, our musher. The lead dogs Crisp and Jingo followed by 12 more, were more than ready to go. Our 2 mile ride took about 30 minutes, with 3 rest stops for the dogs to cool off, through the woods and along a creek. Grayson is Mitch's dog trainer, the dogs pulling our sled were on the winning 2017 team. After the race we got to "love" on 4 - 10 week old puppies, then a talk on how the Iditarod sleds are packed. They weigh about 500 pounds, about what the metal ones weigh with some people. If you're ever in Seward we highly recommend the dog sledding.
I have a Luci story, she has a BFF on the Caravan, Honnah, Laurie and Steve's black lab/border collie mix, about the same age and size as Luci. Steve, Honna's "papa" throws the ball for the girls, he must have walked by, Gary and I were in the back and Luci started "screaming"! I told her to "wait" while I picked up her leash from outside, the minute I opened the door she was off like a shot across the park to the grassy area by the creek. She was a very bad girl but it made me chuckle how fast and determined she was to play. You'd have thought her tail was on fire.
At 4 a bus from Kenai Fjords tour picked us up at the park for a dinner cruise to Fox Island. A beautiful evening, the mountains were out in full force. The cruise to the island took about 30 minutes where we had a buffet of prime rib and salmon with all the trimmings, we got back on the boat for a tour around shorelines looking for sea lions, puffins, eagles etc.
The next morning we drove back up the Kenai Peninsula to Palmer for 2 night, only 167 miles but it took about 5 hours.
That's it for tonight, enjoy the pic's,
TFN,
Gary and Pam
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| Talk about Iditarod race |
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| The kennels |
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| Metal sled on wheels |
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| The team behind us |
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| Creek running alongside trail |
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| The puppy |
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| Boat Harbor |
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| Our team |
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| breathtaking at every turn |
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| Little beach by boat dock |
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| Fox Island Lodge |
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| beautful rock sculpture |
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| Young sea lions |
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| Back to the dock about 9 |
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