7th Alaskan Stop - Seward

Well, we made the trip (108 miles) from Kenai to Seward on Tuesday, the 5th.    We drove east on the Sterling Highway which meets up with the Seward Highway and headed south (see map).

As usual, the scenery along the way was outstanding.

We've realized that, in almost any direction you travel, mountains will be in the background.

At Moose Pass we stopped to let traffic behind us pass and noticed this operating waterwheel.  It had a rubber belt which ran a grinder with which they said you could sharpen your knives!

This sign was also nearby:

We arrived at Seward Middle School about 2 PM and got set up behind the school.

Mountains in the East.

To the North, mountains:

To the West, mountains:

And, moutains to the south across Resurrection Bay, but not visible due to the school building.

They originally wanted us to park in front of the school ON THE SIDEWALK - right between the bike rack and the building.  I said that there was no way I was going to try and get up there (over the curb, etc.).  Plus, the sidewalk was made of concrete pads and were heated underneath.  All I could see was the trailer weight cracking a few of them.

The motorhome in the background belongs to the people that we met a few weeks ago that originally told us about the school host program.

The downside to being behind the school is that we have only 20 amp power.  This morning the heat pump came on (62 degrees) and promptly threw a cricuit breaker, and, it was inside the school.  So we waited until around 9 when the maintenance man showed up and found the breaker.  Now we will just use the propane heater in the AM.

We took a drive around the town, had dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and, then came back to the school for the evening.

Today we just hung out.  Tomorrow we will be going on a 7.5 hour tour of the bay.  Should be fun.  Will report more later...