SIGHTS AROUND SEWARD

Our first visit to Seward was when we got off a cruise ship in 1999.  We didn't stay in town very long, because we were anxious to get our rental car, and start exploring the Kenai Peninsula.  We spent 4 days on the Kenai, in a quest to do and see as much as possible before flying home from Anchorage. That was our first real taste of what Alaska had to offer, and we were hooked!
 

 Looking across Resurrection Bay at the town of Seward.

We drove around to the other side of Resurrection Bay, where there are some homes, and several boat/ship maintenance facilities.  The view across the bay, particularly the mountains behind Seward, was truly spectacular.  When trying to describe scenes in Alaska, there simply aren't enough superlatives that adequately paint a true picture.

The pyramid shaped mountain behind Seward is called Mount Marathon.  Each year on the 4th of July,  there is a foot race from the center of town, to the top of the 3,000 foot mountain, then back down.  I was looking at the contestant entry list, and approx. 1,000 folks have signed up for this years race.  The record time for the men is around 43 minutes.  This is a big deal for Seward, as the town of 2,500 typically grows to around 40,000. 

 The up trail on Mt. Marathon is on the left, and the down trail of the race is the curved one on the right.

 This 3 sided building if made out of approx. 40 shipping containers and a roof.

One of the Alaska Marine Hwy ships is "high & dry" while being worked on.

 

 A waterfall just south of the main center of town.

Leave it to me to find a burger in a most unusual place.  Actually, Nancy checked her Iphone on the Yelp App. and found that this collection of school buses had the best burgers in town.  We all had one, and agreed that we have had better, but, they were still pretty darned good.  The ambiance was definitely quite unique.

 Yep, we dined inside the yellow school bus that had been converted from seats, to seats and tables. 

 

We made a stop at the new Library and Museum before heading back to the motor homes.  One section of the museum was dedicated to the effects of the Good Friday earthquake of 1964.  Seward, like Valdez, Anchorage, and many other towns were devastated by the most powerful earthquake to ever strike North America.  Like Valdez, most of  Seward had to be rebuilt.

Just to the left of our motor home, a small creek runs into the bay, and it seems to be a popular spot for fisherman.  Patty and Nancy watched a guy catch a big Salmon (see Nancy's blog), and we all watched a single Sea Otter just off shore, as it was harvesting something good to eat from the bottom.

It's raining this morning, so I think we'll be looking for some indoor activities to occupy our time.  We'll be leaving tomorrow, and we never know if we'll have an Internet connection.  So far, we've found a way, but as we move to different places, we never know for sure.

Seward Waterfront RV Park - $15.00  Cumulative - $879.61