Sea and Air

My first tour started down in Seward and though I may really dislike waking up at 2 am to catch a coach down there, I really like the town. Half of our tours start/end in Seward, the main port for Anchorage. Oddly enough, despite it's name, Anchorage has very few ships dock there, the glacial silt prevents deep water boats from traveling up into the Cook Inlet. Anyway, last year I spent a bit of every tour in Seward and loved it. It has two distinct areas, one near the harbor and one near the Sea Life Center. Both areas have a nice little coffee shop to hang out in while trying to recover from getting up so early in the morning and one of them has WiFi access which is a good way to as the time. There is shopping in both areas though it is better near the SLC and both areas have great food. Of course, something that both have in abundance is amazing views of the mountains surrounding Resurrection Bay and the beautiful green glacial water.

While at the small boat harbor waiting for my guests to return from there Kenai Fjords Cruise, which had been cut short due to weather, I spied this mural:


It isn't new but I had lot of time to sit and look at it, so I thought I would share it with my viewers at home. It depicts the importance of both the underwater world and the above to the livelyhood of Seward.

Thanks for reading.