Seward Windsong Lodge

... traveling. In stores, people look you in the eye like maybe they know you from somewhere. Drivers are rude, like anywhere, but not always. Anchorage citizens are friendlier, freer, feistier. You can't tell who has the money.No one cares who your daddy is. Well, maybe that's changing a bit. But since we became a state in 1959, where's the status? "Hey my family has been in Alaska since 1959?" Don't think so. Some people are starting to show their money. There is a big ...

Monday, August 10 - Seward, Alaska, United States - Day 2 of 3<br><br>Happy Birthday, Deana!<br><br>Our day started with a bus tour provided by Trails North. The bus driver, Whitey Van Deusen, owner of Trails North, took us on an informal tour of Seward and then to the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. His narration on local history, points of interest, natural features, and flora and fauna ...

After more driving through gorgeous scenery, we arrived in Seward- still gray, cold and rainy. We checked into a Swan's Nest Inn, or Bed and Breakfast for the next few days. The place was actually an old historic building converted into an inn. It wasn't quite what I expected. Up until this point we ...

... the<br>highlight of our trip, there many animals here to see in their natural<br>habitat (not like a zoo) and all the proceeds from the admission ticket<br>and gift shop purchases go to taking care of them. I even got to feed a<br>deer. My alaska trip was amazing and I look forward to the day that I<br>can revisit this beautiful state of wilderness.

... the kittiwakes do have a tendency to retaliate using both ends of their anatomy as defense mechanisms. Once these birds are captured they get measured for specific data, (wing length, 10th prime feather length, tarsal length, mass, etc.) It boils down to a good average being about one bird an hour. We did some of this and nest checks in the beginning of the week, and then had a little ...

... quellen angekommen, hatten wir endlich mal einige tage zeit, um dort zu bleiben und den ort etwas vorzubereiten. vorallem die lodge und die kueche mussten gruendlich gereinigt und aufgeraeumt werden, da sich in den vergangenen jahren einige maeuse, eichhoernchen und anderes kleingetier eingenistet hatten. raphael widmete sich dem bau eines pools, denn die quellen selbst sind viel zu heiss um darin zu baden. erst nach einigen tagen mussten wir wieder zum fluss ...

Now I tell the story of how I got a step-mom... I was 4 and Nicolas was 5. My Dad still had no wife. But since it was Christmas, my Dad felt like he found God's angel wanting to help, and now that angel is my mom. Her name is now Mrs. Barren-Peterson. She is only a year younger than my dad, but she was still good then ...