On a brisk sunny day we drove from Alyeska to Seward– one of the most beautiful drives I have ever taken— through snow-covered mountains in the low-angle beauty light of the Alaskan morning sun. I wish I had stopped and taken more photos.
We had a scenic boat tour scheduled, a large boat with three viewing decks. The nice weather made for a very pleasant outing, albeit sometimes cold and windy, especially as we left the protection of Resurrection Bay into the open Pacific Ocean.
Even though Seward is a small fishing and (in the summer) tourist town, there is a large center devoted to local sea life, where after a lifetime of wanting to see them, Poldi encountered puffins!
Seward is a port town, home to commercial fishing and tour boats.The woman on the boat.Sea lions and gulls, sunning on the rocks.The stunning scenery at Lingcod Closure in Resurrection Bay.The lumps of white at the shore are the remnants of icebergs that calved from a glacier.It may look like high seas, but this is what you get while taking a panorama on a rocking boat.Returning to the city of Seward, one can see the scale of the town under the Kenai Mountains.Much of Alaska is seismically active.Waiting for the Sea Life Center to open.Some of the varieties of salmon found here.A Tufted PuffinPoldi’s puffin. Not at its finest– it is the middle of molting season.
