We get to Seward, get our bags and check them in at the Harbor 360
hotel where our Kenai Fjords wildlife cruise is out of with Major Marine. We take our bonine and Dramamine after the debacle in Iceland and get ready to probably not see anything because it is still raining and foggy. But we have a great crew and captain on
this boat and Resurrection Bay is good to us. We see Horned Puffins, regular puffins, the penguins of the north (can’t remember their real name), harbor seals, sea lions, and a humpback. We see all of this and are even able to have lunch on this boat, but of course, there is nothing that Oscar will eat and it starts to get bumpy on the boat. So, now he’s seasick, but I think it’s more to do with having nothing on his stomach. The crew are very solicitous of him, but he
went from super excited to be seeing all of this to green and crying to get off the boat. They’ve given us ginger ale, ginger chews, I’ve already given him Dramamine and they offer up oyster crackers. That’s what finally pulls him out of it. After 10 packs of oyster crackers, he’s smiling and happy again. It helps that we have reentered Resurrection Bay and the waves slow down too. We finally get off the boat and decide to find some real
food in town before heading out to our yurt which is about 10 miles away. We get Oscar’s junior ranger book and take it to Ray’s harbor front dining where I get the most excellent salmon and John gets delicious prime rib. Oscar has a berry smoothie and more crackers. After a great dinner, we find out that Uber doesn’t exist in Seward, so return to pick up our bags and are talking about what to do when the shuttle driver from our cruise tour
hears us and says he’ll drop us off because we took their tour today. He knows where we are and takes us out to our yurt, says that there is a pick up point right by us the next day if we just happen to be there at 10 and we couldn’t be more grateful for his kindness. We see the signs at the kitchen around the yurts that there is no food allowed in the yurts. I ask via text if it’s okay to have Oscar’s packaged snacks, but when you’re playing
around with bears, you err on the side of caution and leave pretty much everything in the kitchen area for the night. We love our yurt. It’s raining, of course!!! And while this is annoying when you’re trying to see Denali, or hike or do just about anything, when you’re in a warm little yurt with the rain making a great tapping on the roof, it’s magical.
We all fall a little bit in love with it and talk about getting one to put in the backyard. Oscar wants to live in one. I want one for the backyard until I look up the price, but we fall into bed and have a great last night before getting on the boat. Yes, we had shared bathrooms at the kitchen area, so no bathroom in the yurt. No, it wasn’t a problem. John had to go once in the night and had to take the bear bag with him to alert others and protect himself if he ran into one, but otherwise, our best night in Alaska for all of us.
hears us and says he’ll drop us off because we took their tour today. He knows where we are and takes us out to our yurt, says that there is a pick up point right by us the next day if we just happen to be there at 10 and we couldn’t be more grateful for his kindness. We see the signs at the kitchen around the yurts that there is no food allowed in the yurts. I ask via text if it’s okay to have Oscar’s packaged snacks, but when you’re playing
We all fall a little bit in love with it and talk about getting one to put in the backyard. Oscar wants to live in one. I want one for the backyard until I look up the price, but we fall into bed and have a great last night before getting on the boat. Yes, we had shared bathrooms at the kitchen area, so no bathroom in the yurt. No, it wasn’t a problem. John had to go once in the night and had to take the bear bag with him to alert others and protect himself if he ran into one, but otherwise, our best night in Alaska for all of us.
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