Today we got up, re-organized and loaded the car, and headed out. Ray showed up right before we left from Soldotna to say goodbye, and we all went to breakfast in Homer one last time. We picked up the fish we'd left at Coal Point, I gave some of mine to Ray, hugged Ray goodbye, and we shipped the fish from the Homer airport to George Finnell in Leadville (thanks George)!
We finally got on the road and headed straight for Seward. We both enjoyed Seward. It's a beautiful little town! We bought some groceries in the Safeway there and ended up at the Alaskan Sealife Center, which struck us as a place we should check out.
When we looked at the prices inside, we were a bit hesitant about spending an extra $20 each, so we asked the two guys behind the counter about discounts. We said we had AAA and that we were teachers, and after some begging and pleading they allowed us to enter for free! It was awesome! Anyway, the Sealife Center was really nice. We saw all kinds of fish, sea lions, otters, birds, and got to touch some interesting plants.
We then drove around a bit more and checked out an old orphanage/school (abondoned now) that belonged to our friend Kari Crum's great-grandparents many years ago. It was a really cool old building.
We finished that and headed for Exit Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park. We hiked to the edge of the glacier, which was just beautiful, hiked back near dark, and slept in the back of the car just inside the entrance to the national park. It was a good day!
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