What a delightful day cruising Kenai Fjords National Park! We cruised out through Resurrection Bay and into the Gulf of Alaska to reach the park which is a series of fjords filled with glaciers and wildlife. We were treated to Dall's porpoise playing chase with the ship, humpback whales feeding on fish, starfish clinging to rock walls, steller sea lions sunbathing, sea otters floating along and my personal favorite...the puffin in the rookery! Oh, and we saw beautiful scenery including the glaciers. It's going to be hard to edit through all the pictures I took.
Today I was reminded that the U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. William Seward arranged the deal-remember learning about "Seward's Folly" in school? Americans were up in arms thinking it was ridiculous to spend all that money for this remote, worthless piece of land. Oh my, I am so glad Seward was so "foolish" indeed! This beautiful town is named after that fool hardy person.
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