No Bears Today So On To Seward
The wind blew all night. This morning as we were getting ready to go to the airport it began to rain lightly. Didn’t look good. When we got to the hanger it was confirmed that the weather was too poor for flight seeing let alone going across the Gulf of Alaska to look for bears. Tomorrow’s weather looked like it would be much like today so instead of taking a chance we rescheduled for next Saturday hoping things will settle down by then.
Back to the carbus, quick pack up, and off to the other side of the Kenai Peninsula to Seward. (four hour drive. Rained all the way.)
Not quite ‘combat’ fishing but close.
We are parked in a city campground right on the edge of the bay.
View out our front window. The shore line is about 25 feet from the RV.
After lunch we hustled over to the tour boat headquarters to sign up for a tour. We opted for Thursday to give the weather time to settle. There are things we can do tomorrow that are inside.
After making reservations we walked through several gift shops and checked menus of seafood restaurants. Looks like we may not get to have any seafood around here. $13 for basic fish and chips or $15 for Halibut fish and chips. Fish meal other than deep fried is much more. We couldn’t do it.
Seward is the home of the headquarters for Kenai Fjords National Park. Most of the park is accessible only by float plane or boat. There is one glacier that is a little north of town that can be reached (almost) by a short drive followed by a one mile hike. It was part of our master plan and walking in rain is fine so off we went. As you approach the far end of the road, still miles from the visitor center, signs with four digit numbers start appearing. We learned that the signs mark the location of the foot of the glacier as of the year indicated. The glacier has retreated several miles in the last 150 years.
Sign showing retreat of Exit Glacier.
We got to the center just before a scheduled ranger walk to the glacier so we went along. More fun to get some education along with the view and exercise. Our guide was a volunteer from south Florida. Been working at this park for six years. She was very interesting.
Back to the carbus to dry out and look out the front window. :)
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