To Seward--July 13

It rained last night and almost all the way to Seward and the wind was blowing like mad. Even with the rain it was a fantastic sight all the way here. We were in the valley with Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm on our right and mountains on our left and when we got to the end of Cook Inlet we had mountains on both sides of us. The clouds were low of course and the rain was not hard just relentless. I'm beginning to think it is like Washington and Oregon only colder and more snow. There was still snow on the mountain tops and sides. We went thru the Chugach Mountains. It finally stopped just before we arrived at our camp outside of Seward(back in the middle of nowhere). It was a good thing they had directions or we would never have found the place. Both Marvin, us and two others were blessed to have 50 amp electric service which is full on for everything(whoppee!!) The name of the place is Stoney Creek RV Park. It is ok---the internet is slow even with my broadband which is a pain. I will certainly appreciate the service in the lower 48 except for the western states and all the mountains.

We stopped just about 11 miles outside of Anchorage at Potter Point State Bird and Game Refuge to do a quick bird watching stop despite the misty rain. Marvin spotted either a muskrat or beaver(couldn't get my binoculars on him fast enough to be sure). Also saw a family of blue winged teal, a greater yellowlegs, surf scoter(I believe) and about 3 or 4 families of Canadian geese with their goslings. I have never seen that many at one time all swimming together. That was a treat. Saw one duck that I still can't identify and Marvin and Dee saw an eagle in a tree.
We went on along the Inlet looking for beluga whales but never saw anything.

After parking and getting everything settled in the coach I laid down and took a short nap while Bob was watching tv. Then we went for our travel briefing for our trip to Homer even though we will be here about 3 days. Then we all hopped in Marvin's car and went exploring downtown Seward and surrounding roads. That is always so much fun. I wish Bob would do that. We all had eaten before we left but the boys found a place for ice cream. While we were driving around we saw what we think was an immature Bald eagle being molested by black birds. He finally took refuge in a tree and eventually the birds left. We had a really good look at it thru the binoculars because we were very close. Now I just have to look him up to make sure. Tomorrow is a full day so I will say goodnight.