Left this a.m. in our RV headed to Portage Glacier - the visitor center just a couple of miles down the road from RV park. Graingers left theirs at the park. Jerry and I had been to the visitor center at least 15 years ago when we were here on our first Alaska cruise and he had a convention here. It is a neat center....I remember when we were here before that the glacier was fairly close to the center. In fact, you go in and watch the movie, then the screen raises to reveal windows that looked out on the glacier. Well, the glacier has disappeared behind a mountain altho it still calves into the lake and there is another glacier coming out of another valley as well altho it is very far away. A very large piece had fallen off yesterday and they towed it to just outside the visitor center. It was really pretty as it reflected the blue colors unique to glaciers. But now to see the Portage Glacier you have to take a boat. We declined that.
After the visitor center, we decided to drive the highway tunnel into Whittier. That was new since we had been here. The tunnel is over 2 miles long and only one lane so they only let traffic through at certain times depending on which way you are going. It is also shared by the railroad. It was a great side trip. Whittier is a fishing town and there were lots of boats in the harbor. It was misting a bit. We got out and went to forestry yurt in town to see if we could get a passport stamp, but they didn't have any. We did get some restaurant recommendations so we walked along the waterfront and found a restaurant where we got clam chowder and halibut fish and chips. It was great! Cold here also as it was misting. Temps in low 50's which I think is wonderful! Got back to RV to make our entry into the tunnel at 1 p.m. altho it was delayed a bit b/c the train was in and it got to go first!
Dropped Frank and Barb off at their RV and headed towards Seward. Only drove 94 miles today...a VERY short driving day. Seward is really a fishing town...lots and lots of charters and a cruise ship had docked this a.m. It will sail again tonite about 10 p.m. on the southbound leg of Inside Passage. We have a glacier viewing cruise scheduled for tomorrow and we are looking forward to that as well.
We went to the visitor center and got our stamps and then walked along the boardwalk between the shops and the harbor. We watched them cleaning halibut and rock cod. That was interesting! Lots and lots of halibut...some were very big. The biggest so far this year in the halibut derby is 185.2 lbs. We had some recommendations for dinner places and we got to eat out tonite. At at a place called Chinook's and had great views of harbor and the fish cleaning place...saw lots of fish that had been caught. We also saw our first sea otter floating around in the harbor. We should see lots more tomorrow. Barb and I want pictures of them.
Had good dinner of fresh salmon, etc. Was good, but not great - mostly good b/c we did not have to make plans for dinner tonite. Tomorrow the cruise includes an all you can eat salmon/prime rib buffet. We are looking forward to that. High tomorrow supposed to be in low 50's w/ light rain.
After dinner we walked around and Jerry wanted some ice cream so we found a place to get a cone then walked back to the car and back to our home on wheels. There are 2 eagles that soar around the camp here and they are pretty to watch, but I am keeping close eye on Kudzu....Barb saw a photo somewhere of an eagle attacking a young wolf and I read that they have been known to go for baby caribou and sheep. The campground tonite is on the banks of a river, but is all gravel w/ no trees and sites are stacked side by side altho not too close together. It has internet which is great for us. All for now...must take shower and get ready for tomorrow.....Love to you all, Linda
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