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Fjords!!
So we're on the boat and we're about to pull out. The three Parker sisters have their motion sickness patches on and we're ready to roll! Although the forecast is 60%25 chance of rain, the weather is all over the place here and we're hoping for an awesome trip. It's foggy and there's a crispness in the air that feels a little like fall. We're about 20 minutes away from pushback and this crew is ready to rock this ...
Seward's Folly
... the moment of truth had arrived as it was time to make our way into the Gulf of Alaska in order to reach the glaciers. The captain told us that he was going to show us what it would be like in the 6 foot plus swells, and we were definitely tossing and turning, so he decided that it wasn't worth making everyone sick. He pulled the boat up to Fox Island where we all got off to have a salmon and prime rib ...
Bearfooting..
... br>
(Hope that the lady who wrote that punctuation book, "Eats, shoots, and leaves"(or is it "Eats shoots and leaves"?) doesn't look at my blog!! She would have a field day of what NOT to do... I love slashes, dots, exclamation marks and hyphens.... ! And sorry to say that I will continue this way....! )
So we left on the Seward Highway to Seward, going along the Turnagain Arm. This is a strip of water on the Cook Inlet, and apparently Cook went in there ...
Resurrection Bay can be a rainy and rockin' place!
... one celebrating statehood, etc.
We decided to go to the Alaska SeaLife Center on our rainy day. It was great! We first walked through an exhibit about seafood. We learned about how Alaska does not allow salmon farming. Next, we watched a short video about how the SeaLife Center staff rescues injured marinelife found throughout Alaska. We walked to a window to look at a sweet little ring seal who looked like he ...
We've been here before on this trip
... over by Seward and had caught a few in the Ptarmigan River but that was a direction we had not planned to go. I checked the Alaska State Game & Fish website and it confirmed the Russian River as being hot for rainbow trout.
So with a new plan, we packed up and drove the 15 miles or so back to the Russian River Campground. We had stayed in the campground with Les & Joette and had hiked here yesterday so know ...
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TravelPod Member ReviewsSeward Military Resort
“ Very Nice - Espeicially for the money ”
Reviewed Jun 10, 2012
I've stayed at the military lodge a couple of times - once in late winter and once over Memorial Day weekend. Other that the WiFi being "iffy", it was a very nice stay.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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