We arrived in Seward, a beautiful small town surrounded by mountains on day 58. We set up camp at the Seward Army Resort. This was a really, really nice place with all the amenities you could think of plus a few more. The bath houses and laundry rooms were immaculate. There was a restaurant that served a variety of choices each evening and large TV room with large flat screen TVs. The resort has five charter boats that are for the guests and two fish cleaning houses that are the state of art for fish cleaning. I have never seen a fish cleaning house with everything including the knives; excellent cleaning tables with each station having its own water. Once the fish are cleaned, freezer bags may be purchased at a very reasonable price. There are large vacuum sealers that can be used to seal the cleaned fish; three bags at a time at no charge. Once your fish are cleaned and packed there are two large walk- in freezers to keep your fish. Arrangements can be made to have your frozen fish shipped home for you. We were only able to stay at the Army facility for two nights because the campground was full. We had to move across the street to the Air Force facility which was okay but not near as many amenities as the Army. The Air Force did have one fish cleaning house equal to the ones at the Army facility. Fishing and tourists are the two main activities here. Other than a lot of sightseeing and visiting a variety of places our highlight while in Seward was the glacier cruise we took. More on the glacier cruise in a separate post. We did fish a little and caught a few silver salmon, pinks and chum salmon. The Natives up here told us that the Pinks and chum salmon are only good for dog food and to ship to the lower 48. So while we were used to eating the Pinks at home we are now addicted to the REDS, Kings and Silver salmon (all red). However, as much as we like to fish, most of our time in Seward was spent sightseeing and eating at some really good restaurants, going to programs at the library, museums, and the aquarium and taking a glacier cruise. Our friends, Al and Debbie met us in Seward and were able to stay with us at the Air Force facility. As always it was good to see them again. We met Tom and his family who were our neighbors at the campground. Tom is a First Sergeant at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage and spends several weekends a year at the Air Force campground here in Seward. Talk about a small world, Tom was born in the same home town as Charlie and I; Plant City, FL. We had a good night reminiscing and playing do you remember and can you believe. Thanks to Tom and his family who are serving our country! We enjoyed Seward and would recommend it as a place to put on your itinerary if you are visiting Alaska

Our first two nights in Seward we stayed at the Seward Military (Army) Resort. From here we moved to the Air Force Fam Camp across the street.

Air Force Fam Camp. Our home for the next five days

One of the fish cleaning houses at the Seward Military Resort

Charlie and I getting ready to enjoy some grilled salmon (RED) and halibut

Mileage post similar to ones we have seen in other cities

Charlie with a nice silver and two pink salmon

Cleaned, vacuum sealed and ready for freezing all done in one of the fish cleaning houses

Traffic control at it's finest

Ever wonder what to do with all those container boxes you have? There are several of these buildings in Seward around the boat yards.

Seward has large cruise ships visit on a weekly basis during the summer

In downtown Seward there is the Alaska SeaLife Center. A very nice place to visit

Seward is known for the many murals painted on the downtown buildings. In fact it was named mural capital of Alaska in 2008 by Gov. Sara Palin

These are unique pictures of Linda's friends she made at the Air Force Campground. Each morning these birds would act as our alarm clock. The little red squirrel would come around several times a day to play with Gypsy

The birds are Magpies and the little fellow is a Red Squirrel. Red squirrels are the only tree squirrels in Alaska