Seward SeaLife Center

We walked all over Seward, fun seaside town. Went to the Seward SeaLife Center, which was smaller than we expected but still a good stop for a couple of hours. We really enjoyed the sea lions, there are two of them and they love to show off.  The bird section was fun with the puffins swimming and flying and one puffin was pretty friendly . We found the fish tanks interesting, they had silver salmon at different stages of growth. We ended the day by popping into the creamery and treating our selfs to two delicious sundaes.

Seward, Alaska

We got up early today and took a walk around the ranch before we packed up the RV and rolled out towards Seward. We've been looking forward to spending time in Seward, we reserved an RV site at the Seward Resort for one week. The Seward population sits around 3,000 for year round residents and, like the town of Homer, rises rapidly to double that as the summer season arrives.

We quickly setup the RV and jumped in the jeep to explore Seward.  It is known as the “Gateway to Kenai Fjords" and offers a plethora of boating trips, we signed up for a boat tours that includes glacier and wildlife viewing for Saturday. The town has a nice, laid-back seaside vibe. We walked around the harbor and popped into the Alaska Seafood Grill for dinner.

Fishing for Salmon

Went fishing for silver salmon today. We love watching the seals as they swim up and down the river with the tide changes, they are such curious creatures. Had fun but no silvers.

Been fishing at various locations along the Kenai River and the silver salmon have succeeded to elude us. Caught some red salmon and a few pink salmon (plus one ugly prehistoric looking fish) but have not been able to pull in a big, wonderful, delicious silver salmon yet.

The challenge continues.

Horse Day

We spent most of the day hanging out at the Diamond M RV Ranch here in Soldotna. We had a cookout and then we walked to the river to do some fishing before the sun went down. There are a lot of Air Stream RVs at this park. They look great, I love the shiny silver bullets on wheel - so retro.

The Moose is Loose

We've seen moose at least every other day, we still get excited when we see any wild animals. Here are the few we saw today hiking in Soldotna. 

Ninilchik, Alaska

                                                                       Russian Orthodox Church on hill overlooking the fishing village 

 We enjoyed these last couple of days in Ninilchik going to the Kenai Peninsula Fair and fishing at the old Ninilchik fishing village.

Homer Spit

A seal swimming in the fishing lagoon

Love spending time on Homer Spit! We spent the last two days here. It has everything a summer fishing village needs; fishing gear stores, a fishing lagoon, at least 5 different camping zones from small tent areas to large RV lots with full hookup, a large harbor with hundreds of private and commercial fishing boats, small art galleries, dive bars (we like the Salty Dawg Saloon), and terrific restaurants. Our favorite restaurant is Capt Patties with the Harbor Grill coming in as a close second.