Harborview Inn Seward

... our full fare. I guess I'll just have to return sometime. <br><br>The day finished with a three hour train ride back to Anchorage - I finally saw some moose, but it was not light enough to get pictures.<br><br>Tomorrow I am back on the train for the trip to Denali and then a flight to a glacier...let's hope the weather cooperates better than it did today.<br>

... harbor seals and sea lions.<br><br>I did get to see some bald eagles today, but have not seen any other wildlife yet. Tomorrow on the Kenai Fjords cruise, I hope to see more. There are signs on the doors here at my hotel that a brown bear has been seen on the property and to be sure to stay clear of him. The Alaskan Brown Bear is also known as the Grizzly - I would love to see him, but at a proper distance...don't want to mess with them.<br>

... before leaving the harbour. She had said to us to wear them, so we did rain or shine! They did come in handy though as it stopped the wind cutting though. As we left the harbour the first marine life we saw were sea otters (whose faces look like old mens). They are cute little animals playing around, bobbing and rolling. We also saw two Hump Back Whales, Dall Porpoises, and a Minke Whale. It was awesome to see them in their ...

... differences between US and the East. They've been to Japan, so felt in awe about Japanese education. She thought few Americans care about education, pushing children for achievement. Interesting. I disagreed with her, but there's got to be a balance. A happy and a little stressed childhood that benefits their future life.<br>

... salmon from the stream near the fish hatchery but LJ did a very good job of not making any comments. We saw sea otters on the way out, they were super cute! There were wild rabbits (on the larger side) that he said were all over town and multiplied quite quickly. <br><br> We made it to Liquid Adventures and Pam was ready and waiting for us. Bags were offloaded to cover the picnic table and we began preparing our items to take with us on ...

... than I'm losing weight. Guess I'll need to start my workouts when I get back. Since we did not go to the glacier, they did give us $40 back. I thought that was pretty fair deal. On the way back to camp, we went to the Safeway grocery store in town which I thought was huge for such a small town. The Safeway's here in Alaska &amp; Canada have been very impressive. I wish we had this back south. Back at the RV we took the lonely dogs for a walk and relaxed for the rest of the evening.

... luggage we decided to take the train which would leave Seward 30 minutes earlier then the but would. What we didn't realise is that the train ride is 2 hours longer then the bus. Anyways.... We arrived to the train station which was out of town again and paid our $65 US and waited like we had been all day. The train allowed us to board 1 hour prior to departure which was nice and got us out of the cold and rain. With the train leaving at 6pm it is scheduled to arrive in Anchorage ...

... bad weather<br>and sit on the top deck as we take many pictures of the mountains,<br>fjords, glaciers and wildlife around us. From the boat we saw many sea<br>gulls, a sea otter, sea lions sitting on the rocky cliffs, and some<br>dall sheep on tops of the mountains. The sea was very choppy and b/c of<br>the bad weather and 4-6ft waves, our boat could not get close enough to<br>the glaciers in the water, we can only see them from far away. I have ...

... a hotel room. The hotel was really nice, wireless, cable tv, king bed, HOT WATER but we look out on a building. If you look up there's a snowcapped mountain though. It's gorgeous in Alaska. On the plane there were some breaks in the clouds and I got some photos. Rugged mountains with snow. Glaciers. And not a soul, road, house or animal in sight. It never got dark last night. About 1:30 am ...

With a few stops for food and supplies quickly out of the way, we began heading south down Highway 1, aka, the Seward Highway. Not even 30 minutes outside of town we saw a group of people gathered on the side of the road. Upon closer inspection, it was a crowd of people gathered around two mountain goats frantically taking their pictures. We began to stop, but given the crowd and the fact that not even 30 minutes into our trip we ...