{"id":184,"date":"2017-08-01T04:47:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2017-08-01T04:47:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:47:59","slug":"seward-a-great-hike-and-kayaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/01\/seward-a-great-hike-and-kayaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Seward – a great hike and kayaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello again! \u00a0We have been in Seward, Alaska for 3 days now – Seward is a waterfront town; a lot of fishing charters and tour boats go out of the port here. \u00a0There was a cruise ship in port one of the days we were here. \u00a0We’ve had a little sunshine also which is always nice. \u00a0Our first day here we saw Sea Otters – they were so cute – swimming right in front of a park area right in town. \u00a0Pictures are in the link below. \u00a0We also saw an Eagle as we pulled into the RV park. \u00a0Didn’t manage to get a picture of him, sorry!<\/p>\n

We went on a great hike yesterday to Mt. Marathon, I have several pictures and a few videos in the attached link from the hike. \u00a0We also went kayaking today. \u00a0We took Gerry to doggy day care so we could go kayaking, he seemed to have a great time and fell asleep as soon as he got into the truck.<\/p>\n

We really enjoyed the hike on Mt. Marathon – it was about 6 or so miles, and it took us 5 hours. \u00a0It was pretty challenging, but worth it. \u00a0I know we post a lot of pictures from hikes – it’s one of our favorite things to do. \u00a0I imagine a lot of the pictures are starting to look the same and you may be wondering why we keep doing it??? \u00a0There’s something about the challenge of the hike, getting out into nature and reaching the top of the mountain (small mountains) that is exhilarating and energizing. \u00a0At the beginning we are always saying (or sometimes thinking to ourselves) – is this trail too hard for me? \u00a0Is it going to be this steep all the way??? \u00a0What’s around that bend? \u00a0If Steve can do it I’m not going to give up! \ud83d\ude42 Are we too old for this stuff??? \u00a0Then you settle into the hike, enjoy the scenery and fresh air, get to the top or the end of the trail and think “wow – life is good”. \u00a0The perspective you get when looking out onto a valley below or the next mountain range is amazing. \u00a0We find it inspiring and hopefully you are enjoying sharing it with us too.<\/p>\n

Kayaking was fun and we enjoyed seeing the landscape from a different point of view. \u00a0They took us by a small boat out to a nice cove where the water was also smoother than in the bay (Resurrection Bay). \u00a0Then we kayaked for about 1.5 hours. \u00a0We were in double kayaks, Steve did most of the hard work of paddling, I was in back and in charge of steering with these peddals that are in the floor of the kayak.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow we leave here for Kasilof, which is on the west side of the Kenai Penninsula (we’re on the east side on the Penninsula now). \u00a0We’ll have about a 3 hour drive tomorrow. \u00a0We have a reservation at the Kasilof RV Park for 2 straight weeks – the longest we will have stayed any one place – hope it’s nice! \u00a0We’ve learned not to expect much when it comes to RV parks, at least in the places we’ve been so far. \u00a0The spots are very close together, are mostly large gravel parking lots with hook ups. \u00a0But, we have great views many times, including where we are here in Seward. \u00a0I’ve included a couple of pictures below of our current set up and the view out one of our windows. \u00a0Not complaining!<\/p>\n

My sister comes in this Friday for a visit – can’t wait!!!<\/p>\n

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Link to hike pictures and videos: \u00a0https:\/\/1drv.ms\/a\/s!Ap-2lg-EnL0pkQG4QOqe3cH9XyEy<\/a><\/p>\n

Link to Seward and Kayaking: \u00a0https:\/\/1drv.ms\/a\/s!Ap-2lg-EnL0pkRsmqoYJtV0sSpz2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello again! \u00a0We have been in Seward, Alaska for 3 days now – Seward is a waterfront town; a lot of fishing charters and tour boats go out of the port here. \u00a0There was a cruise ship in port one of the days we were here. \u00a0We’ve had a little sunshine also which is always … Continue reading Seward – a great hike and kayaking<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}