A trip to Seward and out on Resurrection bay

Hi Friends,

We took a break from the beauty of the Mountains and headed to one of the nearby seacoast towns. Seward used to be a bustling seaport from the late 1800's till 1964 when the great alaskan 9.2 earthquake hit and destroyed the town. It's still a port of some significance used by Princess cruise lines. It's the jump off point on the Kenai peninsula to the glaciers. We had the day free so we took the 45 min drive and took a short cruise to see Bear glacier and hoped to see some whales. We did see a family group of Orca killer whales up close. A couple females, one male and two babies...They got within 100 yds of the boat. Saw some seals, sea otters and an interesting bait ball...

Bait balls are large schools of small fish that form a tight pack to fight off danger. We watched while gulls, puffins and other birds dove into the ball and came up with a mouthfull of these fish..cool for a while. Stopped for lunch at an island lodge, Heidi skipped stones..Then back to the harbor. Afterwards we walked through the marina looking at boats for sale. We found a very cute one that we loved and dreamed owning a boat again. We are very jealous of Geo and Veronica pics on our old houseboat and miss it dearly. We are glad it's in good hands though. Then off to Ray's restaurant on the Marina for seafood and Alaskan White ale. We stopped at Moose Pass on the way home for more local flavor. Next weekend we are off to the other coast to visit Homer and Seldovia. We have reservations at Across the Bay Tent and Breakfast ( http://www.tentandbreakfastalaska.com/ )in Kachemak bay. You can only get there by plane or water taxi! We will use bicycles to get to Seldovia 8 miles away. Salmon season is still a week away when Cooper Landing lets loose. We are seeing more traffic through the area daily. If anyone is feeling adventurous...visit us. I guarantee you will see nothing like this again in your lifetime.

dave