7-9-09
Today we took the Kenai Fjords Wildlife tour on a boat which took us around Resurrection Bay We had an enjoyable day. We left the dock at noon and started off with a lunch buffet of salmon and prime rib that was delicious, perhaps our best meal eating out yet. It was all you can eat and we all went back for seconds.
As we left the harbor we saw a huge conveyor belt and loader. We learned that coal is brought in from Northern AK by train and about once a month it is loaded on ships bound for Korea. I will attach a photo. There was a lot of smoke in the area today from fires in the area.
Our boat, the Star of the Northwest was only ½ full or less, making it very comfortable for those on board. Our tour took 5 hours and we saw sea otters, porpoise, whales and all kinds of birds. We also saw the Harding Ice Fields that covers 300 square miles. The average annual mountain snowfall is 35-65 feet .........pretty impressive. The harbor in Seward is one of the few in the area that doesn't freeze over in the winter, which made it very important during WW 2.
We had a wonderful day, the seas were calm, the sun was out and it was good being on the water again after all this time away. Carol had especially wanted to see whales and we got a chance to see several close up.
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