Seward / Kenai Peninsula
July 11-15, 2012
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After the Ruth Gorge, we
went down to Seward for a more relaxing time... planning to hike
part of the Resurrection Trail and go for a few day hikes, fishing,
and a cruise of the Kenai fjords. Unfortunately, the weather
wouldn't cooperate - and we didn't want to spend more time in a
soggy tent - so we axed the backpacking plans, instead doing a
few day hikes and staying in an awesome log cabin B&B next to
Seward.
On the drive down, we stopped by the wildlife conservation center,
and in Seward we went to the sealife adventure center, great
rainy day activities.
We hiked to
Lost Lake and also went on a full day cruise of the Kenai Fjords NP,
checking out Aialik Bay and Holgate Bay, where the glaciers from
the Harding Icefields come down into the ocean - fantastic.
We were lucky to see a few whales, bald eagles and lots of other
cool wildlife on the trip! On the last day, we also tried our
luck at fly fishing on the Russian River, but that didn't pan out
very well. :) We did
run to the falls and back in the afternoon, however, which
was great fun - watching the salmon trying to jump over the falls...
Next: Hatcher Pass and the truck camper!
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Gill |
Gill, Maggie and Bob chilling on the patio |
Porcupine at the wildlife conservation center outside of Anchorage |
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He liked sticking out his tongue.. |
Baby moose and musk ox |
This girl has a pretty cool job, huh? |
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The muskox was feeling left out! They got fed at different times... |
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Pretty amazing log cabin we stayed at for 2 nights |
Stellar sea lion at the sealife center in Seward - good rainy day activity |
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Exit glacier moraine |
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Exit glacier in the rain |
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We ate at the Salmon Bake. “Cheap beer and lousy food” - actually it was the other way around :) |
Hiking up to Lost Lake |
Lots of green |
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Grizzly in the meadow. He heard and saw us first, no worries |
Then he sat down... lazy :) |
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Lots of wildflowers |
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Seward in the distance |
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Lost Lake. Still covered in ice, in mid-July! |
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What a beautiful trail |
Seward! |
Clemens Cabin - newly rebuilt, super awesome... |
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Down the winter trail towards Seward |
Resurrection Bay and Seward |
Autohome rooftop tent spotted in the parking lot :-) |
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We took a cruise the next day to the Kenai fjords |
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Cruise boat for scale |
If only these waterfalls froze... wait, they probably do! Can't easily get in there in the winter though... |
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Seals love hanging out on the ice chunks |
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Bald eagle |
Fishing at the Russian River |
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Russian River falls - we ran to the falls and back in the afternoon |
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The rig we borrowed for a few days |
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