It rained all day as we drove from Trapper Creek to Seward. We stopped at the Chair 5 Restaurant in Girdwood for lunch – a nice hot bowl of chili. Girdwood is the home of Alyeska Ski Resort, which was owned by Alaska Airlines back in the day; I attended a seminar there about 100 years ago. We were looking for the old Red Dog Saloon which I visited back then but couldn’t find today. Perhaps it burned down or was a victim of non-urban renewal.
There were very scenic spots on today’s drive but the weather was too nasty for decent pix. Trish tried a few through the windshield anyway.
We’re in Resurrection campground, which overlooks Resurrection Bay, into which flows the Resurrection River. Yup, there’s a lot of resurrectin’ goin’ on hereabouts and we’re simply delighted to be a part of it. No: we have no idea who or what, if indeed anybody or anything, was resurrected.
We’re planning on doing a short cruise of Kenai Fjords NP tomorrow to view glaciers, whales, porpoises and otters. That’s dependent on the weather improving a bit. At the moment (5 PM) it’s 54 degrees, overcast and raining, can’t see diddley squat, and the forecast is for more of the same. Speaking of cruises, there’s a Holland America cruise ship in the harbor.
Later. Hey, I found the resurrection history in The Milepost: in 1792 a Russian explorer sheltered in the bay on Resurrection Sunday, aka Easter Sunday.
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