5:00 AM the alarm beeps and we drag out of bed to get to the train station in the rain to catch the 6:40 train to Seward. Yeah, pretty cranky. But we made it and the train ride was beautiful. the train was only half full, and we realized that the rear car was all but empty, so we ended up staying there for the rest of the trip. This train ride was beautiful - (as were all of them...) we saw glaciers and waterfalls and the closer we got to Seward, the clearer the skies were.
We arrived in Seward at 11:00 and headed down to the docks to take a boat ride through Kenai fjords national park. We saw a glacier from close up, tons of jellyfish, goats, seals, otters, and...yes... whales! (So I saw the moose, bear, and whale I was hoping to see!) we also had a delicious salmon and prime rib dinner.
The waters were really choppy. Although the weather was clear and beautiful, the sea was still choppy from yesterday's rain storm. (we really lucked out weather wise on this trip!) Poor Bobby, though, had a few bouts of sea sickness, however, we discovered that the ginger candy really does help. Even I didn't feel great some of the time.
After our boat tour, we walked to our hotel. We are staying at the Harborview hotel. Our room is actually the old owners home when this was a smaller bed and Breakfast, so we are staying in a 4-bedroom house, with a family room, kitchen, and two full bathrooms. And.... a washer drier! So we settled in and did our laundry. Bobby, Grant and I walked down to pick up some pizzas (apparently nobody felt like delivering...) and Gary got some sodas. After that, I went to bed. I was tired from only getting 6 hours of sleep the night before.
However, at around 4:00 AM, we went out and looked at the cruise ship that had just pulled in, all lit up.
Today, we leave on our cruise!
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