Alaska Cruise
July 2014

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Seward

Sunday, July 20
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, Hi 69

6:00 AMArrive in Seward
(arrived the night before, spent the night in port)
8:00 AMSeward SeaLife Center (free shuttle from dock)
(actually closer to 11am by the time we'd dropped off our luggage)
11:00 AMexplore Seward, lunch
(ate lunch at SeaLife Center)
1:30 PMShuttle to Kenai Fjords Exit Glacier (½ hr)
2:00 PMRanger talk / hike (2 hr)
4:00 PMShuttle back to Seward (½ hr)
6:30 PMPark Connection Motorcoach Seward Express (3 hr)
9:30 PMAnchorage Grand Hotel – 505 W 2nd

Fitbit stats:
To bed: 12:30 am, Got up: 6:27 am (5:24 asleep)
Steps: 10,190 (4.78 miles)
Floors: 44

We had a bit of trouble figuring out what to do with our luggage while we were in Seward. There were no lockers at the port or anywhere else in town, but finally we found out we could leave our things at the office of the company that provides shuttle service to the glacier, Exit Glacier Guides. We took the free town shuttle over there, signed up for their 1:30 pm shuttle out to the glacier, and stashed our bags in their back room, then walked down to the SeaLife Center.

Woody, the Stellar sea lion

I have two videos posted on youtube that I took at the SeaLife Center: Sea otters playing and swimming birds.

Mural across from SeaLife Center

After lunch, we walked back to Exit Glacier Guides and were driven out to Exit Glacier where we joined a Ranger-led hike up to the glacier.

Kenai Fjords National Park -- Exit Glacier
The people on the hill to the right is where the next two photos were taken.
The glacier looks closer than it actually is.


outwash plain

glacier-carved rocks

glacial moraine

After our hike up to the glacier, we took the Exit Glacier Guides shuttle back to where we'd left our bags, then rode the free town shuttle to where the Seward Express coach departed for Anchorage.

 

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