Time to continue our story;
Day 3: We awoke in the morning to quite cold temps in our "house car" as we had forgotten to turn the furnace on. After figuring that out and discovering our coffee pot was broken we joined Uncle C for a walk down the street to the horses while Aunt C cooked us some breakfast. The kids and the horses were sooo excited to see each other. They fed them wild flowers and grass until they couldn't eat any more. We then headed back to joined Aunt C for a yummy breakfast of pancakes, eggs, toast, watermelon and bacon!
Next we headed into the town of Soldotna for some Go-Kart racing. We were surprised to discover that both kids were big enough to drive the go karts with an adult in the car with them. Little A and Uncle C beat everyone but I think everyone had a blast. Uncle C then took us to the Kenai airport where he works. The kids climb into some airplanes on display then they were allowed to climb into just about every single BIG truck you could imagine one would need to keep an airport running during the Alaska winters. It quite a fun day. Mommy and Daddy even got to see a glimpse of Mt. Redoubt peaking through the clouds from the airport runway. We ended Day 3 by saying goodbye to our dear Aunt and Uncle and heading down to Seward.
The drive was again another beautiful drive with lots of "dr seuss trees", rivers, and fisherman. We arrived in Seward in time for dinner in our RV, then explored the camp ground. The kids found a very large puddle which they proceeded to jump in for 25 min ignoring the big playground right next to it. Too funny my little Juneau kids.
Day 4: On this day we ate a quick breakfast and headed into downtown Seward. Seward reminded me somewhat of Juneau but on a smaller scale. We were very lucky to have amazing weather, like Juneau, Seward is often covered in clouds with rain. At 11:30 we boarded a boat in the Small Boat Harbor for a marine tour of the Kenai Fjords. We were headed out through Ressurection Bay through the Kenai Fjords and out into the Gulf of Alaska. On the way out you could see several glaciers on the mountains. We found some sea otters who were just hanging out cracking shells on their belly. They let us watch them for quite some time, just hanging out doing their thing. Then we came across some Dall Porpoise swimming along the front of the boat. These porpoise are black and white and can be seen very well when they are just under the water. All around us puffin were flying and floating. We passed by Bear Glacier which apparently has created it's own barrier so we were not able to get too close. It was at this point that we discovered our little girl gets sea sick. She started crying wanting to go home and after a few minutes and questions I realized it was motion sickness. She wasn't the only one. As I took her outside to sit and watch the horizon I discovered on person "feeding the fish" and another alseep on a bench. She definitely felt better outside and soon fell asleep in my lap. She had no interest in viewing any of the wildlife after that, poor thing. We stayed out in the Gulf for a long time looking for whales but never actually came across them. We were ok with that since we had the opportunity to see them on the ferry ride into Juneau last summer. We then started our trek back towards Seward. On the way back we came across a bunch of sea lions sleeping on the cliffs. Wow those things are huge and how in the heck did they get up on those cliffs? We continued to see lots more puffins, sea birds, eagles and even some more sea otters. Big A pretty much slept through all of it. As we came back into the harbor and were getting off the boat G and I were surprised to hear her say she had a really good time. Too funny.
After the marine tour we went for some ice cream at a parlor in town. MMMM yummy! Then we decided to drive around and find a spot were we could enjoy the "beach" and the beautiful weather. We originally had planned to go to the Sea Life Center but having just been to the Long Beach Aquarium and Sea World we decided to take advantage of the sun. We found a gorgeous campsite right on the water with a fire pit and everything. The best part, it was only $15/night. So we parked and settled in for the evening. The kids had a great time climbing on the rocks, making "cake" and other concoctions. Big A even made herself a little see- saw with a piece of wood and a pointy rock. Daddy did some "snag" fishing with the kids without any luck but they enjoyed the experience just as much.
We met a family who have been on the road in their RV since 2007, sold their house and started their travels. They have a 10 yr old boy who is home schooled and the husband works "from home" for IBM. Quite an interesting family to talk to and an amazing RV!
We enjoyed a great dinner of burgers and hot dogs, with yummy smores for dessert. After putting the kids to bed Daddy and Mommy enjoyed some QT by the fire, watching the tide come in. Mommy even got a special anniversary present by the campfire! Thanks Daddy you truly are the love of my life. (our anniversary was the next day, Aug 18). This by far was one of my favorite days of the whole trip!!
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