The Kenai Peninsula is a primary vacation spot for Alaskans. It’s the entire land mass directly south of Anchorage. It includes the Russan River, Homer, Kenai, Soldotna, and Seward. Soldotna is the largest of these communities yet the two most visited for tourism are Homer and Seward.
We’ve spent the past few days in Seward next to Kenai Fjords National Park. While here we’ve encountered plenty of rain, but one day of cool clear weather. That’s the day we took a wildlife and glacier boat cruise. We were out for 6 hours seeing both wildlife and glaciers. Included in our wildlife list for the day were: a humpback whale; a few sea otters, tufted puffins, crested puffins, eagles, harbor seals, and stella sea lions. We visited a few tidewater glaciers as well as a few piedmont glaciers. I’ll share a few photographs of the trip, but I did not capture much.
One day in Seward was a chore day with both laundry and showers on the list.
Our tent site for our stay in Seward was a Kenai Fjords National Park tenting only site. Both well maintained and a great price, free. The location was about ¼ mile from Exit Glacier Nature Center. It was here 5 years ago when I dropped my camera and favorite lens into the river. After a month they were back in working order, but that’s a story from a previous trip.
On Monday we headed back up to Anchorage. We have received confirmation our parts have been shipped from the lower 48, but no word on how many days/weeks until they arrive in Fairbanks.
Seeing North America 