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Kenai National Park & Seward area

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I've seen a number of these water lily ponds over the last couple of weeks & finally found one to photograph.   Both lakes & mountains are ubiquitous on the Kenai peninsula.  Lunchtime found me in this classic Alasakan roadside lodge in Moose Pass (north of Seward).  Much of the boat tour yesterday was in Kenai Fjords National park. Today, I took a look at its most famous inland spot, Exit Glacier.    Seward is the beginning point of the Iditarod Trail.  The biggest draw in town is the Alaskan Sea Life Center.    This is Main Street in Seward & the side of a "suburban" hotel: the puffins are the tufted puffin & the horned puffin, the 2 local species. (Some of that narration from the boat tour yesterday stayed with me. 😊) And the flowers here, both wild & cultivated, continue to catch my eye.  This morning, a s ea otter was swimming & floating right in front of my campsite. Later, I spotted 2 harbor seals, right w...
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boat tour to wildlife & glaciers

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I can now die a happy woman! The boat trip was fantastic in every way. (Major Marine 8.5 hour tour on Orca Song from Seward to the Northwestern Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park) We saw SO MUCH wildlife, including several rare sightings & behaviors.  Here is the first of 3 sea otters we saw.  This is the sea cave & rocks where we got very close to see sea stars & jelly fish - many, many of each.  A dozen Dall's porpoises swam & played near our boat for a while. They swam so fast that they were hard to photograph, but we saw each one many times. This group of Stellar's sea lions is typical of what one sees in Alaska, that is no babies, just a group of adults hauled up on shore.   Though humpback whales are often seen in this area, they are mostly seen alone or perhaps a mom & baby. Not only did we see a whole pod, we saw them engage in what is called bubble net feeding. Many pods around the world do not engage in this type of feeding. There are...
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