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Today we
were going to take a day trip to Seward just to see what was there. First we drove up the road a little to
Portage Lake to see if we could get some nice pictures of the Portage Glacier,
Portage Lake, and the surrounding mountains.
There were also a few more glaciers in these mountains of which I don’t
know their name.
We followed
the Seward Highway for 75 miles, south to Seward, where it ends. On the way we checked out two national forest
campgrounds. Sourdough, which we liked. It was on a beautiful mountain lake. The other was Ptarmigan which we didn’t care
for. Mostly all small tent sites.
I only took
one picture on the way to Seward:
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| A magpie on the guard rail at a rest stop. |
We pulled
into town and went to the old section.
Drove around a few streets and then along the waterfront. The town of Seward is located at the head of
Resurrection Bay. Fourth St. appears to be the main drag, at least for
tourists. There were a lot of
resturants, bistros, and pubs. There
were several gift shops, native art galleries, clothing outfitters, and Alaskan
jewelry places. Things like scrimshaw,
antler carvings, and the like.
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| Downtown Seward |
We looked,
but didn’t buy anything, except for a child’s ladybug umbrella for Marsha’s
nephew’s daughter.
One of the
big attractions in Seward is the Alaska Sea Life Center.
It is for
the study of and rescue of Alaska sea life.
It was started after the Exxon Valdez disaster and is funded
privately. I took quite a few photos. But here’s just a few of the highlights:
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A grayling. Common in the streams and lakes of Alaska. Essentially
extinct in the lower 48 except for a few areas in Montana.
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| Spotted seal. |
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| Feeding time for the sea birds. |
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| Horned puffin |
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| Some kind of duck I've never seen. |
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| Some kind of sculpin. |
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| Lake trout. Common in many lakes in Alaska. |
As you can see, I liked the sea-bird exhibit.
We took
advantage of a 3G signal and tried to get some more blog work done, but the 3G
was too slow to be practical. I had
purchased a book for my new Canon Rebel T6i for my Nook and tried to download
it but it was very slow and I didn’t complete it. Did other things like check the bank
balances, my credit card balance, and how my retirement account was
fairing. Was able to make some phone
calls to schedule my annual account review at Fidelity. Will have to wait until September. Also checked out the latest on the Republican
convention. Getting only bits and
pieces.
But while we
sat in the park by the water I took some shots around Resurrection Bay.
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| This photo was taken from the picnic table I was working at. |
All this
took a couple of hours and we decided to head back. About half way back we remembered that we
wanted to check out the Kanai Fjords National Park visitor center but forgot to
stop. There is a 9-mile drive you can
take to a trail that takes you to a base of the glacier. There are also tour boats that follow the coast
of the park which exposes you to the wildlife on land and sea. We’ll be back some day.
Marsha drove
us home. I was getting all tired out
again. I was still dragging from my off
and on illness, whatever it was. So I
got to sit in the passenger seat and take photos on the way back.
Back at the
campground, a couple walked into our campsite and asked “Aren’t you the
Michigan people that went to the Arctic Circle?” They happen to be the Michigan people we met
at the horrible campground in Dawson City, BC who had the giant, 40+ ft. 5th
wheel. They left Dawson City the day we
did the Dempster. They told us the Top
of the World Highway was beautiful. We
told them we never got to see it. They
said, “well, you need to go back that way and do it again. It’s worth it.” But we have other plans for the way
home. At the time we met up with them
they had already done Denali and were working towards Seward. We already did Seward and was working towards
Denali. We have met several people on
this trip that we had met weeks before at other locations.
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