Day 3

Road Trip from Seward to Homer......Monday August 29

So yesterday we checked off glaciers and sea life, today we checked off bear and moose.  This place is amazing.

We left Seward  this morning with plans to take a 18 mile "non state maintained road"  on our way to Homer into the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in hopes of seeing a bear or moose.

First we saw the scat

Yummy, berries

Yep, they have been here

And then, out of now where.....BEAR

With nothing but the backdrop in the rearview, we were on to Homer and our Airbnb for the night

Cook Inlet

Fire Weed

Redoubt Mountain Range

The view from our Airbnb

Kachemak Bay 

The Homer Spit

Built in 1897

The ceiling, cover in autographed dollar bills from everywhere 

Can you find the OBX sticker

Homer Boat Harbor

Our Airbnb host suggested Captain Pattie's for supper

And then on the way back from Homer, our prized moose.

Another great day!

Day 2

Kenai Fjord National Park, Seward Alaska


Today we took a small boat glacier and National Park tour with a stop at Fox Island for supper. They advertised that we would see glaciers, whales, seabirds, stellar sea lions and sea otters.....they did not disappoint!

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle and his prey

Sea Otter

Bald Eagle our National Bird

Spire Cove

Sea Cave

Puffin

Spire Cove

 at

Stellar Sea Lions

Land Locked Glacier

Panoramic

Sea Kayaker

Glacier Spires

Aialik Glacier

Yes, they really do look blue

Calving Glacier

Iceberg

Calving Glacier

Orca

Glacier Ice

Now to see the  whale, you have to put the next three pictures together

The Blow

The Hump

The Tail 

Sea Lions

Harding Ice Field

Fox Island

The was at the fishing boat port in Seward.  That's one big filleted Halibut

Tomorrow we are headed to Homer

Day 1

Good morning.... We have made it.  We arrived in Anchorage on Saturday, picked up the rental and headed to Seward. I was expecting jet lag to kick in on Sunday, but by 8 pm we were ready for bed.  We stopped in Indian, Alaska at the Brown Bear Saloon and had Reindeer Dogs for lunch.  Great little bar with autographed dollar bills from their guest.  Of course we had to put one up from Mebane, NC.  Next door was the liquor store.  As you can see, Jim's packed all of your needs into one stop...liquor, panties and hard core Alaskan gifts. 

Sunday we are taking a National Parks Glazier Tour of the Kenai Pennisula.

Hello All,

Looks like you found your way here.  We will be posting each night that we have internet. You can add comments to the post if you want.  Thanks for traveling along with us.

Countdown to Alaska

The countdown is on.... Leaving Saturday, August 26 and flying into Anchorage Alaska for 12 days.  Stay tuned.  No we are not taking the motorcycle.......I know.....I know.....unheard of for us.

Summer 2012 is fast approaching!!

Where o where will we go next? 


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