After breakfast we drove into Anchorage, the largest
city along our journey. We didn’t do much as we knew we would be passing
through again a few days later. We did stop at the grocery store though.
We set out down the Seward Highway which was suppose
to be one of the most scenic highways in the United States. Despite the
somewhat overcast sky it was an extremely pretty drive. Moms made the
girls put away their movies and game boys for this drive and just enjoy
the view.
We reached Seward and visited the Alaska Sea Life
Center. It was a wonderful place to see a variety of birds, fish, sea
lions, and seals and to learn about the animals and the environment of
Alaska.
The girls liked the seals and mom and Dad fell in
love with the tufted puffins. Do they ever have neat hairdos! We also
liked seeing and photographing all the different fish including the silver
salmon fry.
After our visit we headed over to the campground by
the ocean we’d picked for this part of the journey.
The road out to the campsite was very narrow and
bumpy so we got to drive slowly and admire the view of the ocean and many
seagulls. After checking in, we drove back to Seward for supper at a
restaurant.
Shandra had recommended Ray’s so we decided to
check it out. WOW!! What terrific food. Mom and Dad tried the oysters and
Kaitlyn tried the clam. The food was excellent! We returned to our
Campground and it was still quite early. Tasha had noticed some signs
about Tsunami evacuation and was a bit panicked about having a new natural
disaster to watch out for.
Kaitlyn finally got to start her campfire (with some
help from Dad)
While the parents sat and enjoyed the fire the girls
did some beach combing. Kaitlyn collected mussels and clams and Tasha
skipped rocks.
Then we all took Ruby for a walk on the beach. We
found dead gross fish and Ruby found a mussel (and ate it shell and all).
It was a lot of fun!
As the girls were getting ready for bed dad noticed a
bald eagle in a tree right by our campsite. He grabbed the camera and took
pictures then admired his favorite bird for a while. Oddly enough some
crows came and chased it away – one wouldn’t think a bald eagle would
be scared. Maybe it was just annoyed.
