We have been in Seward for the past 2 days and plan to stay one more day. Just love this town, not too small and not too big. Almost the entire water front is devoted to camp sites and a paved walking trail from the docks to the Alaska Sealife Center, about a mile or so. The Center houses some super under water exhibits as well as a hospital for injured marine mammals. Quite a lot of research goes on here. The most interesting exhibit was a view of Puffin water birds diving underwater. Their wings are very powerful for swimming. They are quite the characters scraping with each other over food.
In the evening starting at around 6 pm all the fishing boats start to come back. Last night the wind was up and the water very choppy. It was fun to watch the smaller boats fight the waves as they came in. Then, of course, this morning they went out again right around 6 am. This morning Resurrection Bay was smooth as glass. So inviting to my camera. Foxy and I went for a nice long walk around town.
Carol and I drove out to Exit Glacier and hiked up to the edge of it. The ranger told us that it usually recedes about 40 feet per year but last year it receded 130 feet. All along the trail signs were posted to show where the glacier had been over the years back to the mid 1800s. Janey Waldrup and I hiked this path a few years ago and I am anxious to compare photos when I return home.
After lunch we went to the museum and saw a film about the 1964 earthquake (9.2). The stories told on film were almost unbelievable. A 100foot high tsunami hit Seward 25 min after the quake. The quake was around 6 pm and the last tsunami hit at 4 am. The entire waterfront and railroad fell into the sea and two blocks of the town. Tsunamis left damage all the way to San Diego.
Library/Museum
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