Kenai to Seward Alaska

Day 74.....Seward Alaska is our next stop....we have enjoyed exploring the Sterling Highway....  

Captain had to look and visit

Kenai River and 35 mph roads around Cooper Landing

Kenai Lake is 24-miles long at an elevation of 436 feet

You feel like you are in the mountain @ 10 degrees cooler

Good-by Sterling Hwy and Hello Seward Hwy

Average temperature in July is 62 degrees

Average rainfall in July is 1.87 inches

But in September average rainfall is 6.86 inches

Average snowfall is 80 inches

Again still in blue jeans and sweatshirts

Seward has 2 cruise ships today...lots of shoppers

The harbor is certified as an Alaskan Clean Harbor

Camping on Resurrection Bay.....mostly "dry" but a few with 30Amp

Seward is one of the top five ports in Alaska for commercial fisheries

Lowell Creek waterfall

Narrow road...hugs the shore of Resurrection Bay on its way to Lowell Point

Seward...known as the "Gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park"

Captain says....this road is the worst yet

One more view

Resurrection Bay...a year-round ice-free harbor surrounded by mountains

Exit Glacier Road....Road to The Blue Ice

Exit Glacier is 2 miles long and descends 3,500 feet from the Harding Icefield

4.1-mile hike, one way, strenuous uphill climb...what do you think!!!

Resurrection River braids

Exit  Glacier is in Kenai Fjords National Park

Stunning Scenery today

Homer and Deep Creek

Final Truck trip to Homer with sunshine and in the 70s.......More than any other seaside town in Southcentral Alaska, Homer has it all!!!!  Voted one of the top ten coolest small towns.....

Fireweed is in bloom

Volcanoes in view

Awesome views

Homer Hill

Smoky Kachemak Bay today

Sea fog over the Spit

Cottage by seashore

Kenai Mountains

Model of 'Deadliest Catch Time Bandit' at Pratt Museum

Tide coming in

Salty Dawg Saloon

Time Bandit of the Deadliest Catch TV Show calls Ramp 8 homeport

Fields of Fireweed

Some call it a weed....others call it a flower

Stop along the drive back

Just pretty

Mount Iliamna Volcano

Mount Redoubt Volcano

A stop at Deep Creek to watch the tractor launch service here get boats from the Cook Inlet back to the beach.  There are only a few hours on either side of a high tide to float them without use of the tractor launch.....What fun to watch....by the way these were all commercial fishermen...no pleasure crafts.....

Down to the beach we go

Another cottage with the view

Your launch is here Captain

We await your arrival Captain

Aim here Captain

You are secure Captain

Away you go...crew and all

OK Captain we are ready for you

Ok Captain you have landed

Off we go...boats are stacking up.....

What a view

Keep sleeping 

Day 65 of our Alaska Adventure.  We have seen the Kenai Peninsula and are ready to head north but still have a week left of our stay.  They do not refund you if you leave early....but I am sure we will not be bored.....lots to see and do.....

Truck has logged 4000 miles since we left home in May.....with Miss Saddi in the backseat.....