Seward to Anchorage

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Seward to Anchorage

Our trip back into Anchorage went quickly.  The Turnagain Arm was at full tide, which made it less interesting than when the tide was low.  Once again we had snow down to the road, and even saw someone skiing by the side of the road! 

We saw Portage Glacier from a distance, and remembered that we had been there before, and had stood on the highway and looked at the blue ice and the glacier calving into the water below.

Now, however, the book says that the glacier has receded so much in the past few years, that it is now a hike to the front.We took our view from the Seward Highway and enjoyed seeing the sunlight highlight the glacier through a break in the clouds.

There are miniglaciers that come right to the road, with the water running beneath then, and emptying into the Arm.

 We saw the train heading to Seward as we neared Anchorage, and got this shot of how the train tracks and the road parallel each other on Turnagain Arm.

We are back on Route 1 North and once we round the bend, the full impact of Anchorage is upon us.