From Anchorage to Seward
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canyonwalkerAlaska Travelog #8
Seward - Sat, 15 Jun 2024, 10:30pm
This afternoon we completed the drive we initially thought we'd do this morning, the trek from Anchorage to Seward. We changed plans this morning when we (belatedly) looked up hikes to do along the way and found two interesting looking hikes in the opposite direction of "on the way". Barbara Falls was definitely worth it, Thunderbird Falls was kind of meh. Then we stopped back in Anchorage for lunch and shopping before beginning our originally planned drive.
The drive from Anchorage to Seward isn't a big deal. I mean, the driving isn't a big deal. It's 125 miles on highways, about 130 with the side trip we made to hike Virgin Falls. With the driving earlier in the day it added up to a bit over 200 miles— still not a big deal for me. What makes it a bigger deal is how scenic it is. It's snow-capped mountains the whole way.
We made a few other stops along the way before Virgin Falls. There are no shortage of amazing looking vista points along the road down to there from Anchorage. As we didn't want to get in to Seward too late we limited ourselves to just four vista points, including one with a really short hike at Bird Point. We mentally bookmarked a few roadside falls to see on the way back through here on Wednesday.
We got to our hotel in Seward around 8:20pm. The room is... easily the worst hotel room I've stayed in in at least 10 years. More about that in some other blog. After checking in we drove out to Safeway for some grocery shopping then I picked up a takeout pizza for dinner.
After dinner back at the room, of 3/4 the pizza augmented by a few cans of the beer I bought at the grocery store, I wandered out on our deck to appreciate the view. It was just after 10pm. That's right— that sunset photo looking across Resurrection Bay in Seward was taken after 10pm. Sunset doesn't come until 11:25pm tonight. ...And that's earlier than Anchorage's 11:40pm sunset!
Seward - Sat, 15 Jun 2024, 10:30pm
This afternoon we completed the drive we initially thought we'd do this morning, the trek from Anchorage to Seward. We changed plans this morning when we (belatedly) looked up hikes to do along the way and found two interesting looking hikes in the opposite direction of "on the way". Barbara Falls was definitely worth it, Thunderbird Falls was kind of meh. Then we stopped back in Anchorage for lunch and shopping before beginning our originally planned drive.
The drive from Anchorage to Seward isn't a big deal. I mean, the driving isn't a big deal. It's 125 miles on highways, about 130 with the side trip we made to hike Virgin Falls. With the driving earlier in the day it added up to a bit over 200 miles— still not a big deal for me. What makes it a bigger deal is how scenic it is. It's snow-capped mountains the whole way.
We made a few other stops along the way before Virgin Falls. There are no shortage of amazing looking vista points along the road down to there from Anchorage. As we didn't want to get in to Seward too late we limited ourselves to just four vista points, including one with a really short hike at Bird Point. We mentally bookmarked a few roadside falls to see on the way back through here on Wednesday.
We got to our hotel in Seward around 8:20pm. The room is... easily the worst hotel room I've stayed in in at least 10 years. More about that in some other blog. After checking in we drove out to Safeway for some grocery shopping then I picked up a takeout pizza for dinner.
After dinner back at the room, of 3/4 the pizza augmented by a few cans of the beer I bought at the grocery store, I wandered out on our deck to appreciate the view. It was just after 10pm. That's right— that sunset photo looking across Resurrection Bay in Seward was taken after 10pm. Sunset doesn't come until 11:25pm tonight. ...And that's earlier than Anchorage's 11:40pm sunset!
