Seward’s Rainy Side

After a good start to our time in Seward, the weather turned miserable again. We were there for 5 days total, and 3 of them were pretty much rain. We did a couple of indoor things, but mostly just stayed in the RV. From Seward, we move on down the Kenai Peninsula to Soldotna and then on to Homer.

The one indoor thing we enjoyed in Seward was the Alaska Sea Life Center. Here they not only have aquariums with nice examples of Alaska sea life, but also rehabilitate injured marine mammals and birds, and return those to the wild that they can. We took their Behind the Scenes tour, which took us into their rehabilitation areas and showed us their labs and tracking center. And of course we had to make a visit to their sea bird enclosure and visit with the Puffins.

We tried to get out and see some of the far reaching areas of the Seward area. On the far side of Resurrection Bay is a repair facility for ships. It also looks like a bone yard for old ships which didn’t quite make it to repaired status.

We also investigated the northern side of the bay, south of Seward and found, not much. There is an RV park way out there, and some houses, but not much else. However, on the way back, we found a sea otter munching away happily on what appeared to be an octopus. It looked to be a very chewy meal.