Monday, August 12, 2013

Sunday in Seward

Sunday morning the W&W team had breakfast and devotions at 4:15AM right before we left for Seward. We took a van to Anchorage and a charter bus from Anchorage to Seward to catch a boat for a tour of the Kenai fjords along the shore of the Gulf of Alaska. It was very cool with a steady light rain the entire day so visibility was poor but we still got to see many beautiful things including the glaciers in the fjords along the Kenai coast line. We saw a whale, porpoises, sea lions, sea otters, jelly fish, and a wide variety of birds.

After six hours on the boat, we returned to Seward and caught the Alaska Railroad train to get us back to Anchorage. We arrived back at camp around midnight.Everyone was wet, cold, and tired, but the scenery on the boat and the train were spectacular even with the clouds and the rain. My pictures cannot begin to do justice to God's majestic creation we were privileged to see Sunday.
Boats and Ships docked at Seward on the Gulf of Alaska.

In the fjords. Denny and Kenny are in the foreground.


Debbie and Tim snapping pictures outside the wheel house.

Me in front of an unusual formation called "Three Holes".

Holgate Glacier

I think this Glacier is called Spencer Glacier

Closer shot of Holgate Glacier

Charlie admiring Holgate Glacier with Surprise Glacier to his left.

One more shot of the mighty blue Holgate Glacier

Sea Lions resting on the rocks with the birds watching over them.

On the Coastal Express heading north from Seward to Anchorage on the sister train to the Polar Express

An example of the majesty we traveled through on the train.

Chuck and Joanne enjoying the view from the Dome Car as we head into one of many tunnels.
 

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