Weekend in Seward

Saturday we did the "sanitary shuffle".  We pulled in the 3 slideouts, retracted the jacks, stored liquid items, backed the RV out of our site and drove 40' to the sewer dump so we could drain the "black and grey" tanks.  I thought about borrowing some sewer hoses and taping them together so we didn't have to move, but the movie RV with Robin Williams came to mind with the dump scene and I changed my mind.

We then did the reverse of the above.  The highlight of our day until the afternoon.

At 1 PM we met Ken and Debby at the Seward Museum.  It was a very informative and enjoyable afternoon.  We spent a couple of hours going through all the exhibits. We learned the history of Seward, named after the man that pushed the purchase of Alaska from Russia.  We also learned Seward had been the object of an attempted assassination the same night as President Lincoln in a conspiracy with John Wilks Booth.

The fact that the earth in Seward moved 50 feet during the earthquake of 1964.  The former Governor of Alaska, Hinkle was buried standing up at his request.  The Starship Enterprise was an Alaskan class battle cruiser(who knew).

August 28, 1903 the first colonization ship anchored in Resurrection Bay.  The 100 or so pioneers took boats to shore and the horses were hoisted off the ship and dropped in the water so they could swim ashore.  Where was the SPCA?  Within weeks the first school was started.

This location was chosen because it looked like a good spot to start the Alaskan railroad.  A few months later the first locomotive was off loaded on the new dock.  Today you can take a scenic ride from Seward all the way to Fairbanks through Anchorage in railroad cars with the picture windows.

One of the amenities at the Army recreation facility is the "fish house".  There are two large enclosed bungalows where you can take your days catch to clean, vacuum pack, and freeze.  They will ship your fish via overnight FEDEX.  They even allow you to store your fish in their large freezer until you get home and then ship it to you.  Go Army  (not in football)!

These pictures were taken yesterday after the 3 charter boats came back into port.  Abby and I are holding out for Silver Salmon fishing in Valdez as the freezer is almost full and the weather is prime for some serious rolling seas.

This morning before church we drove around the bay.  There is a city campground over there and with a lot of campers and fishermen of all ages.  This is one of the 2 fish I saw caught from shore today.  Still too early for the big Silver Salmon run.

Might have been because the tide was a little low this morning!

Abby found a new jump rope for her exercise routine.

After exploring the area, I dropped Abby off at the local Methodist Church.  While there she met a lady that owns a charter boat in Seward.  She and her husband both run the boat on a daily basis but are thinking of cutting back to just "half day" charters as they get a little tired at the end of the day.

The lady is 92 and her husband is 94!

I found a couple of signs that you may or may not want to follow their directions. (If you can't read the letters, click on the pictures to make them bigger). 

As I write this blog, Abby is probably making new friends as she is doing the laundry in preparation for our departure tomorrow.  We will spend 2 nights in Anchorage.  We have reservations in Valdez starting Wednesday for 5 nights that we can extend if the fishing is as good as we expect.

I think we will treat ourselves tonight and go back to the Greek/Italian restaurant we enjoyed Friday.