Ambling with Annie: Seward

Good morning! It's nice to see some sunshine today, as we've been in rain for several days now. Welcome to summer in Alaska! We spent a few days in Seward...a wonderful town on Resurrection Bay in the Gulf of Alaska...and we'll be back there again later today and again next week. There are city-run campgrounds all along the water front, and you need to get there at check-out time to get a front row seat. Most things around are in walking distance from the campsites, and there's lots of things going on all the time with cruise ships coming in, lots of fishing boats in and out, and tour boats all around. On our first rainy day in Seward, we decided it was a good time to do laundry. It was funny watching people walking to the laundromat with their suitcases rolling along beside them. Many were just off a week on a cruise ship, were doing their laundry, and then taking the train to Anchorage for more sight-seeing excursions.

Our son Michael and his son Finnegan will be joining us next week for about 10 days, so we got some arrangements made for while they're here. The big guys will go on a halibut fishing charter while Finn and I tour the Alaskan Sea Life Center and do other fun things. Finn will celebrate his 6th birthday on the 29th, so we'll have to find some exciting things to do to celebrate! The 30th we're all taking a 5 hour Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise.

We were trying to escape the rain so headed to Cooper Landing and stayed at Quartz Creek US forest service campground. Salmon fishing is closed in this whole area until July 1 due to poor King Salmon returns, so there are lots of disappointed fishermen, including Randy. Some campgrounds are even closed until the fishing begins again.

We're back in Soldotna today (stayed in a Fred Meyer's parking lot last night) to get groceries, hair appointment for me, etc., then back towards Cooper Landing. This whole non-fishing thing is putting a crimp in our plans, but we're still having fun!