Seward

We are still around but have been out of touch with the Internet. We decided to spend the week in in Seward with Matt. Got there on Sunday morning and a lot of folks were leaving. They had been there over the Fourth weekend. There was a steady stream of traffic including a large portion of RVs, heading back to Anchorage. This meant we should have a good chance of getting a prime spot on the water in the city campground. Sue had been in contact with Dave and Susi. They decided to join us in Seward. Their bear viewing trip out of Homer had to be canceled because of fog that would not allow the plane to land. Sure enough we were able to snag two spots together on the water front for each of us. It was good to get back together and share stories of the past several days.

  

Our first activity was to go out to Exit Glacier ha do the hike to the glacier. Unlike when we were here in 2007 you could not get close to the ice. It had retreated significantly since then. In 2007 Mike was able to reach out and touch it near the foot. Exit Glacier is feed by the Harding Ice Field. On another day Matt and Ben Bezaire did the hike all the way to the Harding Ice Field. From their stories I’m glad we did not try it. They did bring back some great pictures..

    

Sue, Matt, and I took a Kayak adventure out to Alitak Bay and Glacier. We had our own guide Libby. We were taken out to the bay by water taxi.  We were able to view humpback whales, sea otters, porpoises, and Orca whales. You will have to see the movie of the porpoises surfing in the bow wake of the boat great fun.  The glacier put on its own show with a caving every 5 to 10 minutes.

   

All of the pictures can be found here.

It is about time I try to get caught up!