Nice day today for a beautiful drive to Seward. We were lucky to find a spot right on the waterfront in the City RV Park. We beat someone to the spot by seconds. It was like parking at the mall at Christmas, we were coming one way and they were coming the other way; and we got there first. I to run over 5 people and a couple of dogs but we got there first. It was a beautiful day so about 1:30 we scheduled a 6-hour boat cruise through the Kenai Fjords National Park that started at 3:00. Around 2:00 we loaded the backpack and I groused about Sandi taking all this stuff that I had to carry. We learned first hand how fast the weather could change here. I was glad we had it all as shortly after we disembarked the sky clouded over and the wind picked up and it got cold once again. It was a large touring boat so we were able to get inside when we wanted. They served us a salmon dinner which was very good. We saw tons of wildlife; dolphins, sea lions and sea otter, hump back whales, and zillions of birds including a couple of kinds of puffins. We stopped right beside a glacier and listened to it crack and calf. It sounded like a good Iowa thunder storm. The glacier was about ¾ of a mile across and ran up the valley for several miles but I don’t remember how many. I was not too excited about seeing a glacier but it was an impressive thing to see and watch. At dinner we shared a table with a couple from France that are spending 36 months traveling the world in their camper. They are 21 months into the trip and will go from here to Australia. It was fun visiting with them but was difficult as their English wasn’t too good and our French is zippo.
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