Alaska: Day 2 - Seward

We awoke to nice, dry weather the next morning, which sort of a bummer, since it was clear that the tour cancellation (due to weather) now seemed premature. Determined to make the most of the day anyway, we geared up and set out to the Greyling Lake Trail. The trail winded up through the mossy, green rainforest. We trekked up muddy terrain, through creeks, passed wildflowers, and witnessed a ton of fabulous fungi - many shroom photos ensued! It certainly reminded me of the things I used to dream of as a kid - things of faeries and smurfs. We made our way to Greyling and Leech lakes, marching over bustling creeks and past meadows of wildflowers. Blueberries, salmon berries and cranberries were prolific, growing along the trail. Enroute, John slipped on a wet log and injured his big toe (wet tennis shoes = slippery! hiking boots = hurrah). The toe bruised and swole to twice it's size and was pretty uncomfortable for him, however. :( As a result, we decided to take it easy the rest of the day, lunched at a pizzeria, and napped for a couple of hours.

Later that evening, we drove down to check out the view at Ressurection Bay in downtown Seward, had dinner at "The Salmon Bake" for some local catch cuisine. Their roadside sign "Lousy food, cheap beer" was quite witty, but not telling of the quality of food, which was quite tastey. The end of the day was marked with a hearty camfire (no rain, dry wood - hurrah!) and some oozy, scrumptous smores and burnt marshmallows - ahhhh...