The kiddos, Andie and myself arrived back on Friday, in one piece-thank heavens! The trip continued from Homer as we drove to Seward...a 3.5 hour drive which took us 6 hours. This was due to a Fred Meyers stop and lots of stopping for Stuart. He HATED the car seat with a passion. Poor Andie had to take some Ibuprofen to get rid of her headache. He screamed non strop for most of all the driving. I would stop the car every half hour, soothe him, feed him then back on the road we went.
We were thrilled to arrive in Homer where Julie and Ray have a cute B & B attached to their house. We stayed there and Julie prepared a meal of Halibut, salad and asparagus. (see photo of Julie, myself, Stuart and Lars).
After the kiddos were in bed, Andie and I took a hot tub, which overlooked the forest behind their house. Just LOVELY and so relaxing. Andie was in hot tub heaven. She is a water girl!!
The next day we went to the Seward Sea Life Center-quite a breathtaking place. So well done with fantastic exhibits-including Sea Lions, fish, birds. The center dout es a lot of animal rehab as well. At some point I'd like to return without kiddos. Most of the time was spent chasing Nora around as she pushed Stuart in the stroller. She was quite preoccupied with Stuart and the stroller. (see photo)
Julie and I also went for a brief hike up the Lost Lakes trail-where Julie runs-a gorgeous trail up a mountain.
The next day we headed out to Whittier early on so we could make the one way tunnel to Whittier in the car. It is a tunnel which used to only be for rail travel, but several years ago it was converted to allow vehicles one way. Every half hour it switches directions-all done by computer. Very cool. And long. I believe its the longest car tunnel in North America.
The Kennicott awaited us (see top photo) as well as a 24 hour ferry ride. We had a 4 berth cabin with a bathroom in it which made all the difference in the world!! Lots of room to move about. Between meals, running after Nora on the boat and going to bed early, the time passed quickly. And we all slept quite well-believe it or not!!
Zoya
