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We only stayed in Anchorage for one night. Anchorage is a large city which we would need more than just a day to explore so we decided to go on to Seward. The drive down the Seward Highway is absolutely beautiful. And Seward is a lovely seaport town. The town is built to one side of Resurrection Bay, and the city has RV/camper spots right on the bay. We had a lovely place practically on the water. There was a cute little otter that swam up and down in front of our spot. (I say little, they grow to about the size of Spud).
Gary met a fellow View owner from the RV Forum who lives in Seward. He wanted us to get in touch with him so he could show us some of the sights. What a stroke of luck! John took us to Bear Lake (one of the little lakes off the main tourist drag) and we went kayaking. I had to laugh though as John let Gary and I have the two seater kayak and he told Gary to sit in the back and follow my lead when paddling. I finally gave up since “I wasn’t doing it right.”
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We did see about 6 or 8 Eagles at the mouth of a salmon stream. Couldn’t believe the Eagles let us get so close to them. Plus, we also got up very close to a couple of Loons. John took us all around the bay that afternoon. We told him he should have a job as a tour guide as he knows so much history about the area.
The next day we went on a cruise to Kenai Fjords and saw a couple of the big Glaciers – Bear and Aialik. We sat right by Aialik for about 30 minutes and listen to it crackle the calve. Pretty awesome! We saw rare sea lions, puffins and other sea birds. But we really wanted to see whales.
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There were a couple of juveniles Humpbacks, but not the big guys. Just as our captain was about to give up, he spotted one (really only about 4 years old) and this whale put on a show for us. He breached a couple of times, rolled over and waved his fins at us and even flapped his tail in the air. If I didn’t know better, I would say he was trained at Sea World. We also saw quite a few porpoises that the captain was hoping would play with us, but they didn’t seem interested.
We left Seward this morning and are spending the next couple of days in Homer. Gary hopes to go fishing while we are here. It is very expensive to go out on a fishing charter these days due to the increase in fuel. But Homer is where they catch the 100 to 200 lb. Halibut. The other day, some guy caught a 350 pounder here. This is also a very touristy town. We are camped out on the Spit overlooking the Kachemak Bay.
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Sounds like y'all are having a great nature trip. Can't wait to see the pics. Be careful on your way back to the states.
Kay, I'm restraining laughter, but can relate to your experience of having the fun sucked out of an outing by your kayak partner. Last summer at the Big Bend we took a seemingly liesurely and relaxing canoe trip down the Rio Grande River. I never could have guessed that I would be barked at for so much apparent incompetence, from both stern and bow, at steering an 8-foot canoe downstream through 100-foot-wide river banks.
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