Monday, August 25, 2008

It never rains in southern California... uh, Seward

This week we headed to Seward. It also started the famous Alaska rainy season. The natives aren't sure which they hate worse, the rain or the mosquitoes, because once either one gets started, they stay around for a while and are bothersome.

In Seward, we stayed on the front row of a city park on the beach on Resurrection Bay. One of the things we noticed at the entrance to the park was the tsunami warnings and evacuation routes.



They have not had a tsunami in 200 years but if an earthquake should occur nearby, a large wave is possible.

Looking out our front window, we saw sea otters playing and eagles landing on the beach to feed.



After we got settled, we took a 2.5 mile hike to Exit Glacier. The glacier is named because the early geologists found it to be an easy exit out of the Harding Glacier fields.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The scenery is breathtaking! I can only imagine what it looks like in person.

Enjoying your post Donny & Jill, keep 'em comin.

Miss you guys a bunch!

virgil said...

All I can say is "I hope you guys are enjoying this trip as much as we are enjoying the pictures and commentary. Miss our breakfast meeting but this trip has got to be just aswesome. Enjoy. Virgil

Anonymous said...

Looks like you guys are having a blast. The pics look great!