OK, Seward was disappointing.
I expected to like Seward. I knew that many cruise ships
pull in there, so I expected a vibrant town with gorgeous scenery.
It was a beautiful sunny day, and we thought we’d do a day
trip and check out Seward, to decide whether we wanted to head there next for
the early part of the week. The drive
across the peninsula, following the Kenai River to Kenai Lake, was nice, with
sparkling water and snow-capped mountains.
And Seward had both of those: very blue water of the Prince William
Sound and big mountains surrounding it.
Seward also had lots of tourists. Hundreds of RV’s. Yes, it was a warm, sunny Saturday, but the
place was packed. The city has
maintained a park all along the water, with playground, bike path, and flower
beds, from the Alaska Sea Life Center (big attraction, which we did not tour
due to having Ranger with us) for quite a few blocks. Then it becomes camping space, run by the
locality, basically gravel parking lots for RV’ers. Again, hundreds
of them. They were all parked parallel about
6 or 8 feet apart, with rows of them going back four or five deep. If all those people were there to camp in the
midst of stunning scenery, all they were seeing was the front or back or sides
of another camper. We made a quick
decision not to plan to camp there!
In addition, Seward is known for its rainy weather, and
indeed the ten-day forecast showed rain almost every day for the next
week. That would not be pleasant for one
of the cruises in the sound or for sea kayaking. So when we leave Kasilof on Monday morning,
we will not be heading to Seward!
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