Birthday Trip To Seward

I can't believe it is the end of July already! Vince and I have definitely been making the most of our summer during our time off from work, and luckily the weather in Alaska has been very cooperative! V's birthday was July 5th, so I worked up a plan to take him fishing near Seward for part of his birthday present. The goal: red salmon (the BEST salmon). We went to the Russian River last year- a place that I grew up fishing- but it is increasingly becoming "combat fishing" there, so I figured we should try something else. The only part that was a bit rushed was getting there; red salmon go past Seward in June and we worked most of June... so my plan was to head to Seward the day after we got home from work- and that is exactly what we did! We got home, got a good night's rest, worked out, packed, and hit the road!

We were hungry when we got there...

Yummy caribou stew at the Chattermark restaurant in Seward

Greek salad with grilled salmon

We explored the town a bit after dinner and headed

down the road to find the "backpacker's" cabin I reserved...

Found it! Once we figured out where we needed to

be, we went to the main office, checked in, and got our room key

What does a backpacker's cabin look like...?

'bout like this :) Nothing fancy; just a place to sleep-but 

that's all we needed (a place to crash so we would be there and ready

to go in the morning). We called the fishing guide, made up a plan for the

next day, and headed out for a walk around the camping area/beach

Looking out at Resurrection Bay

It was a beautiful evening. We finished our walk and

headed toward the campsite's community bathroom to

wash up, brush our teeth, and get ready for bed

Yep- this sign was in the bathroom! Not uncommon in AK...

Bears are great, but I am glad we didn't find this guy outside our door ;)

We got up the next morning, went into town for breakfast,

met our guide and his wife, and set out to catch some fish...

One of the stunning views of the ocean from the road

We ended up on a beach across the bay, had

a quick tutorial from our guide, and started fishing!

No, this is not leftovers- it's a jellyfish :)

The birthday boy, our guide, and his wife- great pic!

As you can tell, we caught some fish. It wasn't the best time

to fish for reds (earlier in June would have been optimal), but

I am happy that Vince got to catch some! Our guide hooked us up

and told us about a restaurant back in Seward that would cook one

of the fish for our supper. It was a great way to end our little adventure!