Thursday, July 9, 2015

July 8th- Seward Museum, Chinooks, Humpback whales

We started the day exploring Seward. We took a walk along the harbor and saw several otters paddling around. Then we headed to the Seward  museum. It is located in the Main Library right downtown. It's a nice collection of exhibits telling the history of Seward. Took us about 30 minutes to walk through it. At the end, a table with binders with more information was really interesting. I read the profiles of some of the early pioneers. They also have a reproduction of a newspaper from 1925. The part of the museum I liked the best was the section about when this area had been owned by Russia. I thought that was an interesting look at how these settlements really started.

For lunch we had to do to Chinooks-  a harbour front restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised by the modern menu - especially the cocktails. The best dish of the day was the halibut cheeks. They were served in kind of a seafood chowder with deep fried capers. They were delicious. Glenn had the steak salad which was very very good. I had to bahn mi sandwich which was okay.

We headed back to the lodge to wait for our friends Tom and  Margaret to arrive. Then we headed out on a boat. We took the Kenai  Fox Island dinner cruise. We are headed out into the fjord, stopped at Fox Island for a prime rib, salmon, and king crab dinner, and then headed back. A real treat on the way back was when we came across the pod of 7-9 humpback whales feeding. We watched as they circled around and use bubble netting to capture a lot of fish. We even saw several them come to the surface several times. I was so excited.

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