Day 39
July 16, 2004
On the road to Seward

Today we drove 165 miles to Seward, Alaska. Seward is on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula whereas Homer is on the west side of the peninsula. To get her we had to drive back north and east like we were going back to Anchorage. When we got to the top of the peninsula we headed back down south and east to Seward. The drive here took us from the seaside community of Homer through the coastal plains bordering the Kenei peninsula,
 
into the mountains and finally back to a seaside community. Both Homer and Seward and surrounded on both sides by mountains, water and more mountains. This area is know for the fjords that branch off Resurrection Bay.
 

Resurrection Bay by Seward is not a wide as the Cook Inlet and Kachemac Bay and it has a greener tint to the water. The green tint is due to the glacial flour in the water that feeds the rivers that end up in Resurrrection Bay.
 Many glaciers can be seen in the mountains surrounding Seward. Exit Glacier is the best known and one we may go to on Monday. Many cruise lines have a port in Seward and most Alaskan cruises that begin in Alaska start in Seward. When we went on our Alaska Cruise 10 years ago, we boarded the ship and left from Seward.


 
Our first stop was at the Visitor's Center in Soldotna, a good sized community 65 miles north of Homer. Outside the center is a walkway that leads down to the river. Several people were fishing but catching nothing there.
 
  One guy came and started cleaning the fish he had caught up the river a ways. He told us that the salmon were not running in this part of the river.

After our arrival at the Stoney Creek RV Park

 we set up the trailer and went to a travel briefing. After the travel briefing we had a social with lots of good things to eat.
 Jenna and I took a ride downtown to see what Seward is like. We did see a huge waterfall coming out of the side of a mountain and flowing into the bay.

There really isn't much to report tonight. Tomorrow we are going the the Alaska Sealife Center for a "behind the scenes tour," followed by a 5 hour sealife cruise. There will be a naturalist along to tell us what we are seeing. Hopefully we can get some good pictures. You'll know if you catch the blog tomorrow night. Till then - Happy Trails