Alaska Adventure

June 11 (By the way, I'm new at this blogging. I'm being encouraged by my media specialist daughter to venture into this territory. Please be patient with my mistakes.)

We arrived in Anchorage, Alaska on Monday evening, June 7th after fairly smooth flights. The one from ATL to Portland was a little bumpy because of bad weather. We picked up our almost new motorhome that we had reserved for 2 weeks. This will be our home away from home. It is just right for the 2 of us.

On Tuesdays we headed toward Seward. We stopped by and visited Hope, Alaska. It is an ole gold-mining village on the way to Seward. It has a lot of interesting old buildings (logs) and there is a rich history from the gold mining days.

Wednesday morning, we went to the SeaLife Center in Seward where they do research on sea life and they also help rescue those that are hurt or in trouble (among the many other jobs they do). It is also a museum. We took a "behind the scenes" tour that let us look at the workings of the place. We saw one office where they just sit and document what different animals are doing. Eating, sleeping, birthing, mating, etc. This is done 20 hours a day. They have cameras on site where the animals live and 3 young ladies were recording data of what they observed. Our guide for the "behind the scenes tour" is a student from Missouri studying animal science. He wants to be a vet. During the tour, we saw where they do surgery on fish. I know that is forfetched for us southeners who just eat fish and our concept of surgery is to clean them with no guts or scales remaining. It was most educational and an enjoyable morning.

We then headed to Homer, "The Halibut Capital of the World." (Everywhere you go in Alaska is a long ways.) On Thursday, we took a ferry over to Seldovia, which is accessed only by ferry. From Homer to Seldovia is 16 miles across the Kachemak Bay. It is a small village. They have a big 4th of July celebration and next weekend they have a music festival. It is a place people just go and visit and they have several resturants where you can eat. You can also stay overnight or even longer.

The girl who took our ticket on the ferry grew up on the island. She had just graduated from high school in a class of 5. She said there were only 12 in the high school. It is a PreK-12 school. Oh, the little village does have a dentist, but only a clinic for medical care. It was quite an experience.

Until next time........blessings to all.
(I tried to post a couple of pictures, but my older computer did not cooperate with me. I'll try again later.)
David is out halibut fishing today on a charter. Perhaps I can share some pictures in a day or two.