Seward, Kenai Fjord National Park & Running from a Flood Watch

After enjoying a few nights on the Homer Spit, it was time to head to Seward on the other side of the Kenai Peninsula.

We decided to get a couple more nights at Deep Creek South, hoping to get more of those amazing sunsets behind the volcanoes. We had time to kill until our reservation anyways. Unfortunately, we got a couple down days of work and couch surfing since it rained the whole time, but who doesn’t need that in their life every once in awhile?

Next up, we headed for Seward Military Resort where we had a reservation Wednesday through Sunday. As soon as we were checked in and set up the rig, we headed straight over to Kenai Fjord National Park.

We wanted to scope out the hiking options for Exit Glacier and check off the shorter hike to the overlook. The next day, we got up and set out to conquer the long hike to the ice fields. We knew we wouldn’t make it the entire way, so aimed for the meadow and were happy to make it even further to see the ice fields.

We then spent the next couple days exploring downtown Seward, seeing the Iditarod Mile Marker 0, the marina and Lowell Point. We watched for whales with no luck, but saw many cruise and fishing boats. We grabbed a yummy lunch at Gold Rush Bistro. We were treated to watching sea lions fighting over fish in the marina while we ate ice cream that evening.

Then, the rain started again, and with it, came a flood watch. A storm system was moving in and, in addition to the possibility of flooding on the only road out of Seward, we were looking at extremely high winds and landslide debris along the route, the worst of it being the day we’d check out. With the weather folks saying this was the wettest July for the area on record, we opted to play it safe and left a couple days early.

We headed back to Anchorage and snagged a full hook up spot on JBER for the weekend. We got the RV reset, restocked groceries for the next couple weeks. Watching the weather updates for Seward and the Kenai Peninsula, we were glad we made the decision since they saw localized flooding and lots of debris requiring road crews to stay on site to clear it through the storm.

It also gave us time to do some travel planning for the next stretch–heading north toward Denali National Park.

Join us next week as we explore and dodge even more rain drops!

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