The eleventh posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our time in the Seward area.

Seward

We leave Homer on day 93. We plan to go to Skilak Lake. As we are leaving, our neighbor tells us about a forest fire in that area—it may be too smoky. We start to see smoke as we drive, and decide to go on to Seward.

We stop at the Marathon Campground, and all the good sights are taken. We park the RV, disconnect the tow-car, and drive it through the other city campgrounds. We find a nice spot in Resurrection Campground. This is dry camping, with a fantastic view, for $20 a night!

After a while, we walk to the Seward Brewing Company for a beer. Then, we walk back to the RV and cook our Buffalo and Pork Bratwurst from Delta Meat and Sausage Company (See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 6.) They are delicious.

Today we move to a different spot, right on the water. The view is a little better than our previous spot, and our neighbors don’t run their generator all day. We walk to the Kenai Fjord National Park Visitor Center, and get some information about boat tours through the park. We watch a movie about the park and then book a 8½ hour tour for Tuesday.

After that, we walk around the marina to see what people are catching. We find out we are late for king salmon and early for silver salmon. We talk to some people cleaning red salmon. They say they are catching them across the bay, at Fourth of July Beach. One of them gives us a 5 lb bag of filleted red salmon.

It’s almost 10:00PM, and still light. a bald eagle is sitting on a pole in front of our RV. Fran runs out and takes pictures. I put my phone to the binoculars and take some pictures. He stays for a few minutes, until someone gets too close and he flies away. We get some great pictures.

The guy that gave us the salmon said he caught them at Fourth of July Beach. So, today we drive out their to see what’s happening. We watch people snagging salmon. We go to the store and buy some snag-hooks and two one-day nonresident fishing licenses ($50).

Then, we drive to the Exit Glacier Nature Center and hike to the Exit Glacier Viewing Area. The glacier has receded a lot, and we aren’t able to get very close. We can’t take good pictures, because the sun is behind it.  But we have a nice hike.

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Fishing is a bust. Our licenses are valid for 24 hours, starting at 7:00AM. We drive out there and try, but we are not experienced enough. We watch people snagging salmon, and they give us tips. We aren’t having any luck, and the wind is cold, so we decide to leave and come back after lunch. We come back and there are more people than before. It’s just as cold and windy. We try for a while and give up. It was fun watching everyone and talking to people anyway.

On day 66 we go to the Alaska SeaLife Center. It’s a bit pricey, but we enjoy seeing Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, Birds and Fish. We learn a lot about the local wildlife. Then, we walk to Thorns Showcase Lounge and have a halibut bowl—delicious!

Today we go on the Major Marine Kenai Fjords National Park 8½ hour boat tour. It’s fantastic. We see orca whales, humpback whales, sea lions, seals, sea otters, puffins, and more. We get close to Northwestern Glacier and a few other glaciers. It is well worth the money!

Glennallen

On day 99, we plan to drive to Portage for a few days, but there is a smoke alert from the wildfire. We think about stopping in Anchorage, but there is supposed to be smoke there too. We decide to keep going. It is a very scenic drive on Alaska Hwy 1, with a view of Harvard Glacier. As we come into Glennallen, we see mountain peaks in front of us.

We drive to Caribou Hotel (and RV park) in Glennallen. This place has a few RV sites, some with full hook-ups. We get a pull-thru with electric, water and sewer.

There is a restaurant here, called Ernesto’s Grill. We didn’t take anything out of the freezer for dinner, so we go there and have Chicken Nacho Supreme, Guacamole, and Halibut Tacos. The food is good, The service is slow, but they apologize, saying that they had a rush at the last minute.

We stay here for a day and do some maintenance. We try to flush out our holding tanks, but they are still not showing up as empty on our gauges. We also back-flush and regenerate our portable water softener, work on removing cracked decals and clean/organize the basement.

We have been on the road for 101 days and driven 8,000 miles. We’ve spent roughly $4,400 on gas and $2,400 on campsites. Next stop… Valdez.