Ninilchik to Seward Ptarmigan Creek Natinal Forrest Camp 8-18-12 to 8-19-12

                 

When Bill went down to use a latrine in the morning before we left the Ninilchik camp he saw a huge mother moose and two huge calves following her, ran back to get the camera and this is all he got, he saw them barely in a small clearing in the bushes moving on.

Then he saw, bear or big dog you decide, Bill didn't get any closer.

This lake is huge it stretches across the Kenia peninsula.

On the way to Seward from Ninilchik.

Down the road to Seward, you can see our shooting Trekstar in the windshield if you haven't noticed it before.

Quaint church in Seward met some nice people there.

Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward with all local sea life.

Immature Tufted Puffin

Rock fish good eating.

Steller's Sea Lion

Harbor Seal

Octopus native to the area.

The Iditarod Trail starts in Seward, but the actual race begins in Anchorage.

A lot of the buildings in Seward had mural painted on the by local artists.

Brand new brewery in Seward, we had dinner there, bill was disappointed the IPA wasn't quite ready so he had to drink a amber ale.

Rusty colored moss growing on the side of rocky hills.

Two swans had there territory here in this wet land.

Tundra Swan on the way back from Seward to camp. We saw a pair every time we went by this spot but when we finally stopped to take picture at dusk we only found this one. This trip we've now seen all the swans in north America.

Snowshoe in our camp next to the RV.

Sockeye salmon coming up the stream where we were camped Ptarmigan Creek.

Sockeye Salmon coming up Ptarmigan Creek, time to hit the sack another long day.

Aug. 18, 19, 2012 We traveled to and settled into a National Forest Camp, Ptarmigan Creek near Seward. More beautiful scenery although it rained almost the whole time. We saw a lot of natural wild life and in the Alaska Sea Life Center, it was great. Bill saw a moose mother and calves before we left Ninilchik, but didn't have the camera I missed them because I was in my night gown, oh well next time. Another nice camp in the mountains, quite, peaceful and serine. It had a stream that the sockeye were coming up to spawn.