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granddaughter coraline

grandson mason

grandson mason

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grandson jaxson

Thursday, July 9, 2015

06/07JUL15 - Seward, AK (kenai fjords national park)

Monday morning (06JUL) was a beautiful drive south to Seward, AK (we had already driven half the route when we made our day trip to Whittier, AK, on 03JUL).  After setting up camp we headed to town to visit the Seward Visitor Center, & the Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center.  Then it was a walkabout on the waterfront, & downtown.  We decided to have dinner at the Gold Rush restaurant; we went with 1/2 pound of each of king crab legs (another restaurant had 1 pound of king crab, 1 pound of snow crab & 1 pound of dungeness crab for $100!!!).







Tuesday morning Dan headed out to visit the Exit Glacier & the National Park Nature Center located there.



After returning to the RV, Corrie drove Dan into Seward & dropped him off in Seward to catch a boat tour with Kenai Fjord Tours.  Since Corrie doesn’t handle boats well, so Dan was flying (boating?) solo.  On the cruise he saw otters, a steller sea lion, a pod of Orcas, fin whales, a humpback whale, puffins, mountain goats, dall porpoise.  But not all were close enough to be clearly captured on filmL!  Cruise included all you can eat buffet on Fox Island (prime rib & salmon).




 














Here is a photo of Mt Marathon where the Mount Marathon race is held in Seward on 4 July, as discussed in our previous BLOG.



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