Drive to Seward, AK

We wanted to get out and see Alaska this weekend. It was supposed to be pretty mild and sunny out, so we definitely wanted to take advantage of the good weather. We didn't really know what to do though, so we decided to just get in the truck and drive. We had already driven North to Wasilla, so we decided to go South towards Seward. See the maps below. Alaska is HUGE and I'm still getting my bearings, so I added a couple of maps to help you all understand where we are and where we went. We left Anchorage and hopped on Hwy 1 headed South.

This is Hwy 1. Along this part of the drive, it's a coastal highway. The Alaska Railroad tracks run right along the coast as well. The water you see here is the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet.  The mountains ahead are on the Kenai Peninsula.

We stopped at Portage Lake. Portage glacier is up around the bend from this first mountain.  You can see Burns glacier straight ahead in this picture. It's called a hanging glacier. It was amazing!!!

These icebergs had broken off and were floating down the river.

The water was COLD!

We want to go back and take the cruise right up to the glacier.

Go back up and look at the family photo and pay attention to the ice in the water.
The pic of this berg was taken before that one.
We got to see it break apart (as seen in the family pic).

It was VERY loud when it first started breaking apart.
We didn't get that on video, but we started filming and got it rocking and rolling.

Beautiful views!

Cool boat with teeth! Ice teeth?

We left the Portage Glacier area and continued the drive towards Seward through the Chugach National Forest. It's also amazing!

We finally made it to Seward, a small fishing town. It was packed with fishermen and campers.

We saw several Bald Eagles on the drive and B-man got a couple of goods pics of this one below.

Fisherman at Resurrection Bay

This is on the way back to Anchorage looking across Cook Inlet.
Do you see the mountains way off in the distance?

Dall Sheep on the way back to Anchorage.

There were a bunch of cars stopped on the side of the road taking pics.

Alaska Railroad Train!
This was Boo's highlight of the day.
Oh yeah, this is at 10:00 at night. The pics of the sheep were also taken at 10:00 p.m.


It was a LONG day, but a great day of sightseeing! And thankfully, we all slept in today!


I want to say Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads out there and especially to the ones near and dear to us...B-man, PawPaw, Grandpa and Uncle A! You all are so special to us and I'm so glad to have you in our kiddos lives.