Trains and Boats

Saturday we all piled into the truck with trailer in tow and headed down Turnagain Arm to Portage where we found a nice campsite. Leaving the trailer there we drove to the port town of Whittier. We had lunch there, browsed around and headed back to Portage and the Wildlife Conservation Center. OK, the truth is that the bear and the caribou were not in the wild but behind fences. I wanted to come up with a good story for you but oh well.
Sunday morning we boarded a train in Girdwood near Portage and took a 3 hour train ride to Seward through some spectacular scenery. At Seward we had lunch and boarded a big boat for a 3 hour tour of Resurrection Bay where we saw lots of sea life, birds and more scenery. I couldn't get as close as I liked so shooting hand held with a 400mm lens from a boat didn't yield the sharpest pictures but you get the idea what was there. Then the return train ride and a drive back to Palmer getting home at 11 made for a long fun day.