It’s called Mt.
Marathon and sticks up 4,000 feet above Seward. I found the trail
head for the hiking trail, but there is also a “Racing Trail”
that is steeper and not recommended for sane individuals. Every 4th
of July they run a race up the racing trail. For the sane people
there is the hiking trail. Molly and I went up the steep hiking
trail for about ½ mile and I let her run loose.
I put it on my to-do
list to bring the bear spray and see how high we could go.
Seward has a sea
life center that has sea birds and animals in displays that mimic
their natural habitat. The animals have been rescued and the ones
that cannot be returned to the wild are displayed for our pleasure
and education. It is really well done and quite an experience to see
them from above and beneath the water.
Home for lunch and
pick up Molly then we went looking for salmon. There is a salmon
viewing area and one of Cathy’s friends told her where it was.
Somehow we missed it and went a few miles too far and then walked a
mile to a stream where there were no salmon.
On our way back to
the main road we saw the sign. The sign was facing the wrong way and
we could not read it going in but we read it real well on the way
out.
So we watched fish
try to climb the waterfall. There were lots of fish lined up waiting
their turn.
It was pretty cool.
Our last stop was
Exit Glacier. Bill, Cathy, Aris, and Bertha walked up to the
glacier, while Hedda and I took care of Molly.
Dinner was chicken
courtesy of Aris.
Bill, Molly and I
took our evening stroll up Mt. Marathon hiking trail. We got up
above the tree line and had a great view. We met some guys coming
down who had been up to the top. They were muddy and tired. One
asked us if that bear spray we were carrying really worked. We told
him we weren’t sure, but if he wanted to try it out we would soak
him in bacon grease and turn him loose. He could send us a written
report on it’s effectiveness and if we didn’t hear from him we
would assume it didn’t work. He declined our offer.
Well that was high
enough for us that night so we went home to bed.
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