ANCHORAGE, AK TO SEWARD, AK

The big (for Alaska) city of Anchorage is great if you need to buy something, but, after 3 days, I think we were all glad to be heading for the smaller town of Seward.  We'll be spending the next week or two, on the Kenai Peninsula, where many of the Anchorage folks come to recreate.

The drive south on the Seward Hwy along Turnagin Arm is adjacent to the Alaska Railroad tracks, and whether you're driving, or riding the train, it's a pretty scenic route.  Past Turnagin Arm, which has one of the few "bore tides" in the world, the highway turns into the mountains, passing through the small town of Moose Pass, before dropping into Seward.

We stopped at Beluga Point on Turnagin Arm to watch the tide coming in.  No Beluga Whales, or bore tides (waves up to 6'), but it was obvious that the water was rushing toward the end of the bay.  We could see off in the distance that there were some serious rain clouds, which we drove into past Girdwood.  All of our good weather has turned more typical of Alaska in the summer, and it actually felt good to go from 80 degrees to the low 60's.

Brrrrr, where's the jackets?

 

There are several RV parks in Seward, but I think the majority of RV'ers try to find a spot at the city owned Waterfront Park.  It's really not much more than a dirt and gravel parking lot, but it is located right on the water.  Since we were last here in 2001, they've added about 100 electric & water hookups.  At this time of year, scoring one of those spots is a little more difficult, even though everything is first come, first serve.  We found a couple of dry camping spots near the north end, not too far from the boat harbor, and even though we're not right on the water, our windshields face the ocean.  It's a great view!  We watched the Celebrity Millennium cruise ship pull out at 8pm last night.
 

We drove out to Exit Glacier pictured below, but chose not to take the hike up to the foot of the glacier.   This particular chunk of ice is about 5 miles out of town, and is pretty spectacular.

Not quite sure if this sign is meant to peke the curiosity of folks, kind of like a dare to try the food.  Or, if  they really don't want any business?  Quirky signs like this are not hard to find in Alaska.

Seward City Waterfront RV Park - $15.00  Cumulative - $864.61
Miles traveled - 129  Cumulative - 5,060