Alaska – Seward

July 6 Friday Driving to Seward today...slept in because it is only a couple of hours away. Got here about about 3:30 and then had to find a motel. Not many vacancies, but we have one for tonight and tomorrow night. We are not used to looking for motels..nicer having our home with us! There was a big cruise ship in dock when we arrived, but I think most of the passengers were on board. 

Cruise ship in dock

Cruise ship leaving port

Seward is where Mt. Marathon is located which is famous for an annual July 4^th run. The boys were hoping to take a hike on the mountain which is a notoriously difficult climb, pretty vertical and really rough on the racers, but, unfortunately the mountain is closed. One of the runners did not report in after the race on the 4^th and they are still searching for him, so the whole mountain is taped off. However, from our balcony last night you could see a climber up there. I wonder if he will be fined for climbing. 

Some information about the Mt. Marathon race

We decided to do a salmon bake and headed a little ways out of town, to a neat rustic restaurant. Great food! And, the best price on an Alaskan King Crab dinner that we have found. Reid and Gary ordered that and Gage & I had the salmon bake. Gage also ordered an appetizer of King Crab Sushi which we all shared. He has been craving sushi! 

Salmon Bake

After dinner we drove along Resurrection Bay on a muddy road. All of a sudden we saw a whale in the bay! Pretty exciting! We tried our best to get pictures and did get a few although not as great as we hoped. In the end, there were two whales! Wow!! Wasn't expecting that at all!! Exciting way to end the day! 

Whale feeding