Hansell Notes in a Minor Key: Seward

Monday, June 09, 2014

Seward Part 1

Visiting Seward, Alaska you first notice the mountains. This particular one is, I believe, Mount Marathon

and it is a pretty famous mountain!

The next thing you notice is the water and then the glaciers tucked into the mountains. It is an incredible spot to visit. There are many things you can see on The Kenai Fjords and if you scroll down the link, it will take you some more amazing photos (not by this photographer) and read tons of information on the area.

The boat we were on got rather intimate (the ranger's words, not mine!) with the rock cliff. You can see water drops landing in the water in front of the bow~nearby is a tiny ledge. It would have been a great spot for a photo op...if you could have jumped off the boat and reached it!

King's Crown or Rosewood. A very tenacious succulent that appears to grow almost anywhere. Including a rock cliff.

I had to take a photo of this place...not unlike almost everyone else on the boat. On the one hand, it is really cool...on the other hand, ships pass by it daily with folks who happen to have cameras.

This was our very first whale of the day. A whale of a joke! It is actually a rock, Mary's Rock. Named after Capt. Mary who hit this rock twice..once with a fishing boat and once with a tour boat!

You can watch birds from a boat or in the Sea Life Center.

Sea Lions lounging on the rocks~

Seward Part 2

Here be whales!!!!! A transitional pod of Orca!! More commonly known as killer whales are beautiful and deadly ocean creatures.

Bear Glacier--part of the Harding Ice field, named after President Harding when he and his wife visited Alaska and Seward.

This photo is a puzzle. I saw a lady in this design on the rocks, can you???? If you click on it to make it larger, it may be easier to see her face, hair and bent knees in boots. Pretty cool, huh???