Joyce, Leanne and Janet at a rest stop overlooking the Matanuska Glacier
We left the Valdez area and drove to a state park near Eagle River which is north of Anchorage an hour or so. The lake there was a reservoir that was quite low. It provides the water for Anchorage. A few of our crew actually went for a brief swim in the chilly water. We enjoyed a nice campfire that evening...that probably felt good to the swimmers.
The next day we went in to Anchorage to Fred Myers and bought supplies. Gary and Janet stopped by Janet's nephew's place and spent a couple days with his family. Meanwhile we stopped by Kincade park and played some disc golf. We also stopped by Earthquake park that had displays on damages from the huge earthquake in 1964. Joyce had been there in 1970 with her parents. When they were there the rolling hills and trenches left from the quake. Now it was hard to see due to 40 years of tree growth in the area.
We then headed south to the Kenai peninsula down to Seward. We found a municipal campground and got sites overlooking Resurrection Bay.
Earthquake Park in Anchorage
Steve and Leanne play disc golf
View from our campsite in Seward
We really enjoyed Seward a lot. There were hundreds of RV's camped along a mile or so of Resurrection Bay in town. King salmon were in season and several people were out in the mouth of a stream near the campground.
Most days a cruise ship was in town until around 8pm or so
Fishing for Kings
There were murals on the buildings all over the town of Seward to enjoy viewing.
Gary and Janet arrived Saturday and that evening we all went to the Alaskan Sea Life Center.
We saw this T shirt in a local store and thought of our friend Flame in Texas
Outside of Seward a couple of miles is the road that takes you to Exit Glacier. We headed out to check it out and enjoyed a short hike of a mile or so out to the bottom of the glacier. There is a hike up to the Harding Ice Field (8.6 miles RT) that is supposed to be very scenic but challenging (gain over 3,000 ft elevation) We vowed to come back later in the summer and make the climb.
On Sunday we all head out on the Kenai Fjords NP boat tour of various glaciers. I will write about it next time.
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