August 18, 2012----Seward, Alaska

Today we drove to Seward, Ak.  We have 163 miles to cover today.  It was another travel day with not much to stop to see.  Again just beautiful scenery.  We stopped by the Kenai River and had lunch.  Got to watch some rafting trips coming zooming down the river.  Also a few fisherman along the banks.  Just a peaceful area.  This is a fishermans paradise.  If fishing is your thing, you need to come here.  Told Jesse I think we should think about buying fishing poles.  

KENAI RIVER

We also stopped by the side of the road to take a picture of Mt. Redoubt.  Mt. Redoubt rises over 10,000 feet above sea level.  It is an active volcano.  The most recent activity was in early 2009.  Mt Redoubt was quite active on and off during the spring and summer of 2009, shutting down air traffic for fear of an imminent threat of another eruption.  Late September of 2009 the mountain was finally given the all-clear that it was no longer actively perking.

MT. REDOUBT (VOLCANO) with lots of clouds

We settled into the campground and rested a bit.  Headed for church (it is Saturday night).  Cute little church.  The priest spoke with us on our way in wanting to know where we were from.  Seems he has lived here for 40 yrs but is originally from Winchinden, Ma.  At the beginning of mass he told everyone there were people here from Massachusetts and he still recognized the accent.  When we got back to the campground there was a travel briefing for Wednesday when we will be heading to Palmer.  Afterwards, we spent the evening playing games.  Had a great time and lots of laughs.  

It is still raining.

AUGUST 19, 2012

It rained all night.  This morning we went into Seward to the Alaska Sealife Center.  This is like an aquarium but for rescued sea life.  We saw sea otters, seals, and puffins amongst the assortment of sea life.  We got a behind the scenes tour which was great.  It was a good rainy day activity.  Probably one of the best museums we have been too.  

SEA OTTER

After the Sealife Center we went into town for some hot soup.  It is still raining and cold and raw.  After warming up a bit we hit a few of the shops up and down the main street then headed back to the motorhome.

We joined one of the couples who follows us on our travel days to dinner.  Nice time with new friends.

Tomorrow we go on a Kenai Fjords 5 1/2 hr Glacier & Wildlife Cruise with lunch.  Hope the rain stops soon.