Angels Rest on Resurrection Bay

13730 Beach Drive, Seward, Alaska, 99664-1741, United States | Hotel

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Stage One - Alaska

A travel blog entry by tickeymate

Arrived in Ancharage, after really long flight. First to Denver and then on up to Anchorage. The Captain Cook Hotel was the first built in Alaska back in the 1960s

Today we departed Anchorage for the last time and headed down to Seward. The trip was quite picturesque, but on the standards of what we have seen in the past week, there was nothing too exceptional. Nevis had written a poem for our exceptional tour guide (Tracy) and bus driver (Jon) and as we approached Seward she read it to overwhelming applause from the rest of the tour. In general the poem was made up of all the quirky little sayings that Tracy had. ...

Week Two Begins!

A travel blog entry by ljandbev

... We had a nice time looking at the local art and shops. LJ and Larry called around noon (when they had initially planned to be back) and said they were just leaving Cooper Landing so they would be back around 1:15 or so so Claire and I extended our shopping time. We were walking back to the B&B when they called to say they were back in Seward so we met them at the house and got loaded up to head to the ...

Hiking up the Exit Glacier

A travel blog entry by philaska

... a lot !).

Just after starting downwards again, I encountered a friendly Marmot, who seemed intent on posing for the camera, so I took a bundle of portraits of him, then started the descent proper.

By the time I was half way down, I was thinking "I should have carried on up", but that was probably self-deception because the legs had stopped aching (going downwards being a bit easier, it turns out). Although I ...

They Call Me Raphael

A travel blog entry by kfnmarshall

... then break open the shell like it was made of paper and feast on the crab innards. He would then cast the empty shell remains aside and dive down again. It was mesmerizing, especially as a Maryland girl. I took notes of his technique for possible future use.

The other thing we noticed at this point was a neighbor. When we peered over at the balcony to our right, there was a large raven on the railing. He just peered ...