Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Seward Sea Life Center and Exit Glacier

It's true, some men are capable of change!  The reason Russ and I were laughing so much was when we were at the aquarium in Virginia Beach, Russ and Chad had reached into the water to touch something when a sign had been clearly posted NOT to touch.  The aquarium staff member, not to kindly, had mentioned no one over the age of 10 had failed to read the sign before Russ and Chad's arrival.  So here at the Seward Sea Life Center, Russ DID notice the sign and managed to keep his fingers out of the water.  I'm so proud of him!
 
 
We saw seals, birds, Alaskan king crabs and more at the Sea Life Center, but I didn't think you'd be too interested in seeing a bunch of photos on animals.  So back to us...here we are at one of the outdoor exhibits of the Sea Life Center.  It seems wherever we went in Alaska, there was always an impressive natural backdrop for our outdoor photos.
 
 
After the Sea Life Center, we stopped at the Exit Glacier State Park.  You can sort of see the glacier in this photo ... it's the white blob above my head.

 

From this photo you can see how much the glacier has receded.  There was a park ranger who explained that just in the last 2 years the glacier had receded the length of a couple football fields.  Some new trail markers were set up so we could get pretty close to the glacier.  (And I managed to do this without injuring myself.)


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