Renfro's Lakeside Retreat
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Lions(sea), otters and whales oh my!
... their lives and humpback whales come to Alaska to eat and Hawaii to bread and give birth a long way from the kitchen to the bedroom. Our first siting are the Dall’s porpoises one of the fastest mammal’s around. Luckily Kerri and Donna have quick snapping fingers. We also see more otters but no rafts (group of otters floating together). Then Captain Chris hits the gas and out across the 4-5ft swells (this ...
Glaciers!
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Some additional time was spent hiking to Exit Glacier - the National Park Service has a wonderful visitor center and leads hikes to the glacier, besides self guided hikes. It was a wonderful experience - although shrouded by ALASKA SUNSHINE - light rain!
Dorothy, Nicole and Natalie also visited the Alaska Sea Life Center and visited many of the birds and animals up close.
Next, off to ...
Valdez to Seward - via the Alaska State Ferry
... and finally arrived at Exit Glacier Lodge, a nice and cosy lodge-style hotel at the mouth of the spur road to Exit Glacier itself, just outside of Seward town.
By the time I'd settled in, I only had the latter part of the day to spare, so I spent the last hour of opening having a quick look around the Alaska Sea Life Centre, at the far end of town. Then I took a short drive up to Exit Glacier and did the fairly short hike up to the glacier face to see the view. ...
Resurrection Bay can be a rainy and rockin' place!
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Because of the soggy conditions, there were many waterfalls to be seen on the cruise. We also saw one lonely harbor seal, on a rock. A bright orange sea star hanging on some rock face stood out to us among the gray.
The captain mentioned that there were many birds circling us that live in open water and only come close to shore during big storms. We saw fork-tailed storm petrels and other storm petrels.
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The fishing port of Alaska
... motored down to Holgate Glacier where we sat listening to the ice crack and crash into the water. On the way out of the bay the skipper spotted Humpbacks, so we motored over to them and enjoyed their presence too. On the way back to Seward we motored through the Eldorada Narrows where we saw Stella Sealions and alot of birds including Pelagic Cormorants and Black Legged Kittiwegs. It was soon time to get back to dry land and we arrived back around 5.30pm, then we walked back along ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Free parking
- Kids activities or Babysitting
- Kitchenette
- Pets allowed
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