Seward and Talkeetna

Seward is a small fishing town on the Kenai Peninsula. There is a fairly large harbor to accommodate all sorts of boats including, small powerboats and sailboats as well as cruise ships and shipping ships.

Seward is also home to the Alaska Sea Life Center which is a superb aquarium. They also had a large enclosure for marine birds.

The main reason people go to Seward is to see the Exit Glacier, a glacier that is part of the Harding Ice Field. The Harding Ice Field is over 4000 feet thick in some places and is home to 30 plus glaciers. The Exit Glacier is only a short hike from the Kenai Fjords National Park Center.

After two days in Seward, we took the train to Talkeetna. Here we are standing in front of the Talkeetna River, a partly glacial river (which explains all the silt in the river).

We went salmon fishing and both of us caught a bunch of silver salmon. Lila caught more fish than I did and here she is with probably the nicest salmon of the day! (Which she caught, she also caught the second nicest of the day) The guy next to her is the fishing guide, Danny.

After fishing we got to raft down the river. In a few minutes we are going to leave for the train to take us to Fairbanks. It is an eight hour train ride that will take us through Denali National Park.