Seward, AK

Ughhh... I just spent about an hour composing a large post only to lose it before I could publish it. Anyway, we've been in Seward for four nights so far.

While staying in Cantwell, AK we went to Denali National Park. It was all I could do to convince Janae and the kids to spend 9 hours on a shuttle bus tour. Luckily it was as great as I'd been told. At Denali, you can only drive 15 miles in on the 90 mile road into the park. Any further and only tour and shuttle buses are allowed. We took the shuttle to Eilson Visitor Center at mile 66. We saw many great vistas and lots of animals. If you should go, be sure to bring your binoculars, food, water, and a camera with a good lens (lenses). We had a good driver who was great about providing information and stopping for animals. We spent 3 days in Cantwell before moving on.

Our next day, last thursday we ended up in Anchorage. Janae needed to pick up some supplies at the VA Hospital there. Knowing the VA, I figured we'd be looking to stay in Anchorage. The boys and I camped the afternoon in the parking lot, and when Janae was finally done we stayed in an RV Park downtown near Ship Creek. Ship Creek is renowned for it's salmon fishing. Alas, that night and the next day no one including me caught anything. Not much to say about the Rv park, barely enough space between sites to put slides out. Saturday morning, we headed for Seward.

What a drive. Just over a hundred miles took us all day. Too many great sights at turnouts. Turnagain Arm and the Chugach Mountains rising from the shore were spectacular. I've been using a bunch of superlatives in this blog! Amazing. Eventually, we reached Seward on the edge of Ressurection Bay. I had been told that you have to stay at the Municipal Campground on the waterfront. It is wonderful. We are pulled into our site with a paved walkway going past in front of it. On the other side is about 10 feet of grass with our firepit. Past that is the rocky beach and Ressurection Bay. On the day we arrived (and most since) we've had sea otters playing in our front yard. Across the bay (as well as behind us) are the Chugach Mountains. We don't want to leave... Although the salmon fishing is poor according to the locals, we've been doing ok. On the other side of the bay at Spring Creek we've been casting into the bay catching lots of Chum (Dog) Salmon. Yesterday Janae caught her first salmon, a little Chum hen. I've been catching Reds (Sockeye) at Seward Lagoon Creek. Lotsa fun. I had to take this morning off as my hands are blistered and cut from fishing so much. I'm gonna post this now with no photos and update later as it's about time to head back to the creek for more reds... See ya soon.