Today was
our tour of the Kenai Fjords Glacier and Wildlife cruise with lunch. It was a rainy and cooler day as we gathered
at the shuttle bus at 10 a.m. in the RV park to take a short tour of Seward and
then boarded the catamaran, The Star of the Northwest, for a 5-6 hour cruise in Resurrection Bay.
On the way to the boat tour, our driver of the shuttle bus took us by several buildings built in the early 1900's. We drove by the Benny Benson Memorial. Benny designed the Alaska flag at age 13 that
was raised for the first time on July 9, 1927.
We also toured through St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
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| Benny Benson Memorial |
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| First Church in Seward |
Shortly
after we boarded the catamaran and got under way we had a delicious Alaska
salmon and prime rib meal.
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| View from the boat |
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| Salad, rice, Salmon, Prime Rib and Dessert |
The National
Park Service Ranger, Lani Lockwood, was on board to explain what we were seeing
as we toured the Northwestern Fjord, the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife
Refuge and Resurrection Bay.
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| Tammy with Ranger Lani |
The seas
got pretty rough as we neared the Gulf of Alaska and the fog was heavy. But the last part of the day was much nicer
and the sun even came out in places. We saw many birds such as the Bald Eagles,
Cormorants, Murres, Horned and Tufted Puffins plus several gulls. We also saw Steller Sea Lions, Mountain Goats, Porpoise and Sea Otters.
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| Puffins on the rocks |
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| Harbor Seals |
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| Goats on the mountain side |
Toward the
end of the day Ranger Lani Lockwood handed out Junior Ranger Badges to
youngsters who completed required questioners.
Of those receiving the badges was David from our group. Congratulations
David.
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| David receiving his Ranger Badge |
The shuttle
bus got us back to camp about 5:20.
Submitted by
Rig #3
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| Tammy & Rich |
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