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Travel Blogs from Seward
Turnagain Arm
July 25, 2009
Driving south from Anchorage the highway parallels the Turnagain arm of Cook Inlet. This has to be the prettiest drive in all of North America. It is even pretty in the rain. There are pullouts along the road so that travelers may stop to view Beluga whales as well as the spectacular mountain and water combination that makes …
Prince William Sound
July 27, 2009
Today is the group's last chance at their planned cruise of Prince William Sound. Beagles are not allowed and so I am left in the cabin when the four head off for adventure. When they get to the Kenai Fjords Tour office they learn that instead of the 13 to 16 ft. waves as reported yesterday the waves are only 7 to 8 ft. in …
Sealife Acquarium and Exit Glacier
July 26, 2009
Dave and Val were up early. Kym and Luke are still on Michigan time so they were at the door before Val was out of her pajamas. Val made a pot of coffee, but the group decided to leave before she got to drink any because they were not sure if they knew where to report for their cruise. Off they went, and left me in the cabin …
Fishy stench of dreariness
... and I’m not a huge moussaka fan. Seward is the turn-around port where we start the south-bound cruises from so there aren’t any tours to go on either, so it’s a case of avoiding the rain and finding something to do here. There’s also a miserable Safeway supermarket which seemed to be run by a community of inbreds.
Wow – I sound miserable. I’m not I promise, I think this week ...
Seward and Kenai Fjords
... ship would take us out Resurrection Bay into the Gulf of Alaska and explore some of the other inlets of Kenai Fjords. Seward is known for rainy weather but today was sunny and 60-ish.
We immediately spotted some sea otters floating on their backs (typical sea otter behavior). These were followed by a pod of humpback whales. The ship ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking
- Pets allowed