Seafood in Seward

Thursday 18th July
Today we packed up and drove the long journey south from Denali to Seward, it should have been about seven hours plus stops but there were some roadworks which took us an extra hour. When we finally arrived at our accommodation, the Creekside Cabins, we found ourselves in another cute log cabin. It really is right beside a creek where bears were spotted frolicking about three days ago. This got my attention because this is the only place in which we have stayed this holiday that doesn't have its own en suite toilet. Instead we have to visit the (very clean) toilet and shower block nearby - just a few yards along the creek! I asked the owner what the chances are of me meeting a bear on the way to the toilet and he said it's unlikely! Notice that he didn't say that it's impossible!
We went down the couple of miles into the small harbour town of Seward which is very attractive in a maritime sort of way. Most spectacular is its setting on Resurrection Sound, surrounded by snow capped mountains. Davie was asking James why there was still so much snow on the mountains when it is so warm in Seward, and James explained that not only is it colder higher up but also there is a lot more snow in the winter and we are seeing it when a lot of it has melted. We had a seafood dinner in one of the restaurants on the front, called Rays. James and Davie had cod and chips which they said was delicious and I had halibut with a lime sauce and coconut rice. We had a walk along the waterfront after dinner and looked at the Seward Mariner's memorial, which is a small replica lighthouse with the points of the compass all around it, I thought that it was very fitting.