Seaveys Iditerod

 We awoke to a rainy, misty morning, and after breakfast, did a quick walk around in Seward. From there, we took her suitcases over to the train depot. We were picked up by Ken withSeaveys Iditerod i’m headed over to the dog kennels. This is a really well run operation and we learned a lot about Iditarod. We saw the outdoor kennels where they house about 40 to 50 dogs at a time just at this location. We were split into two groups in our group 1st had the chance to meet the new puppies one litter was two weeks old and the other litter was about two months old. They told us some of the history of this family, and how they were instrumental in starting  the Iditeraod in the early 70s. This family has won quite a few of the races, and it looks like their run will continue. The 12 year old girl that gave part of her to work has high hopes to enter the races and she turns 14 I’ll be rooting for Emily. Next six of us got on the summer, Slaven spears and 14 dogs pulled us through the woods. It was very very cool after they were hitched up. The dogs started to talk and whine and how – they were ready to go. This was really a fun excursion and I would recommend it others.

 

We then went to lunch with Scotty, had seafood chowder and a BLT, and I had a walnut salad with a piece of salmon on top. The salmon tasted great from there. We headed over to exit glacier, and we did a 2 mile round-trip hike up to see the glacier , the thing that made the most impact on me was seeing the signs of how the glacier has regressed over the years. The last time was dated 2010 in the glacier was still far away from their showing that receded even more. From there our driver took us to a small stream, where we could see lots and lots of salmon in their eggs in the shallow water. He then yelled for everyone to get on the bus, as there was a bear up on the road if anything, Alaska is a very dramatic state.