After a stunning out of the box day yesterday, this morning was grey and drizzling. Typical Alaska  weather they say. Mist drifting by as well but still very beautiful.

Mark went canoeing and tramping  across the lake to the bottom of glacier while I just soaked up the ever changing views and walked around the lodge area. Rainforest and mosses very green and attractive. Not good far afield  without the bear spray. Weather cleared late morning for more great views.

We headed back to Seward by boat early afternoon. Visibility  not so grand but we saw a large hunk of floating black ice- unusal not to have melted and also coloured black from silt. Also saw a jellyfish “smack” and a fin  whale..again both unusual, so lucky us. The smack is pretty much just a huge collection of jellyfish floating together about 10m down – awesome to watch and very beautiful circular shapes. A fin whale is the second largest mammal, kinda swims sideways and is of course pretty impressive as it breaches.

Then on to Anchorage  aboard Alaskan Rail. Impressive train and very beautiful scenery. Yet more glaciers, some icebergs in a lake, towering mountains, waterfalls and great vistas. Beautiful sunset to welcome us to Anchorage at 11pm! Still daylight so easy to see your way around.

Link to photos Kenai to Anchorage

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