July 25, 2010

July 25, 2010

Yet another rainy day here in beautiful Alaska. We are still in Seward, which I understand could be quite beautiful if the haze and rain would move out. We’re hoping for tomorrow. We are still in the same campground right on the water but we have moved to water and electric hook up! Yeah! This morning Paul was nice enough to plug the generator in brew a pot of coffee and dry my hair, but we soon found out my hairdryer must use too much power, since it knocked the generator out! Luckily if I used the low setting and unplugged everything else in the camper I got my hair dried! Now I don’t have to worry, we have electric.

Since it was rainy today we decided to do the Sea Life Center. It was a an indoor facility that taught about marine life in Alaska. They had seals, Stellar Sea lions, puffins, other fish and sea birds, squid, and octopus. We were able to touch some of the star fish, sea urchins, crabs, and other slimy underwater creatures. The girls loved it. Mallory was a little disappointed since they have no sea otters there. They talked of them, but no live ones! Hopefully tomorrow we will see them when we go out on the fjord tour boat.

After that we talked Paul into taking us all out to lunch. We all wanted to go for halibut chunks and chips. I thinks after last nite’s dinner of Paul’s fresh halibut, the girls have changed their mind about eating fish. Lunch was good, no left overs. Then we did a little shopping, found yet another Vera Bradley spot! Paul was content sitting on a bench talking to a stranger! ( The girls tease him alot about how he can just strike up a conversation with anyone as soon as we leave him). I like it though since he always seems to find out good information!

In the afternoon we decided to to go to Exit Glacier. This is in the Kenai Fjords National Park. It is the only glacier that you can pretty much drive to. It did involve a hike from the base, less than a mile, the sign said....felt like more, and once again uphill, in the rain!! But it was fun and beautiful. The glacier is in the Harding Icefield. It had a bluish tint to it and was huge. Very amazing.