Kenai Fjords - Boat Time and the Beginning of the Rocks...

Today we took Honey, Chase, and Cheyenne out on a boat tour of the Kenai Fjords National Park. Grayson had been excited for days about riding the boat. We had an exceptional boat captain you gave great narrations and even gave the kids an opportunity to sit at the helm. We

spotted mountain goats, sea otters, stellar sea lions, puffins, fin whales, Dahl's porpoise, lion's mane jelly fish, and a humpback whale. We ended our tour with a salmon and prime rib feast on Fox Island. This is where the rock throwing adventure began. In Seward, there is never a shortage of rocks. The highlight of every cruise for me is always listening to the sounds of the glacier. This trip we went to Aialik Glacier, which is about a mile wide at the point where it egresses into the sea. There were several harbor seals at its base, some were hauled out and others were playing in the water. Chase and Landon studied while on the boat and then were "sworn in" as junior rangers at the National Park Service in Seward. I recommend the Junior Ranger Program to anyone with little ones who has the opportunity to visit any National Park. The kids get a big thrill out of it.