Webbtons Days 3 and 4

Wednesday the 16th we had a Wildlife Cruise booked with Major Marine Tours out of Seward. Getting down there in one piece was somewhat of a miracle as our gas tank was running on empty for the last 45 miles or so. There were literally no gas stations, but I sure said a lot of prayers. We made it in one piece and got on the boat excited. Pretty quickly after we left, Kelsey started acting weird. She was crying a lot and super clingy, also terrified of the wind. Then I noticed she was getting warmer, like feverish. After an hour or two, (I can't remember) she threw up for the first time all over Kenny, herself, and the boat. Thankfully I had brought a change of pants for her. Either Kenny or I had to be inside with her pretty much at all times. She did sleep some, a little on both of us. Her fever was getting worse too. The second time she threw up, it was less, but still got me and herself. I hate the smell of throw up, and we were stuck on that boat for several more hours. I felt so bad for her. They did have some ginger ale on the boat that we let her sip on. It was hard to stop her from drinking it too fast because I'm sure she was so dehydrated and had a dry throat after throwing up. Anyway, we all made it out alive but learned that Kelsey does get sea sick. She recovered quickly once we were off the boat and was pretty much fine afterwards. 

It didn't ruin the whole trip though, we still had a good time and got to see some beautiful, amazing scenery and animals. As far as wildlife cruises go, this was pretty successful. We saw a sea otter, bald eagle, puffins, seagulls, stellar sea lions, jellyfish, porpoises, and whales! All the kids did their little Jr. Ranger program on the boat and after filling out their packets, they were awarded a badge, which they all wore so proudly for the rest of the week :).

I should probably edit this to make it clearer, but there's a bald eagle in there. Really it wasn't a big deal because they are all over, but it still looked so majestic.

These sea lions crack me up. Some of them were growling back and forth at each other. 

That little building on top is an old World War 2 Bunker

Incredible glaciers

Some of them sporting their Jr. Ranger badges. Obviously the boys don't like that their moms take so many pictures! Lol

Brynlee also squeezed in a nap :)

Humpback whale

After the cruise we walked over and got some dinner, then of course had to treat ourselves to ice cream. It was a rough day at sea :)

That night instead of driving the 3.5 hours back home, we stayed in a little B&B. Our room had a King bed, and a full bed. So all the kids slept together in the King :). Kenny and Andrew tried to go fishing that night while we put our kids to bed. I say tried to, because it wasn't very successful. The fish just weren't running--it was bad luck. The next morning we tried again though. Steph and I had the kids at the park, while the boys tried to fish the Kenai river again. I'm sure had they stayed there for many hours and been persistent they could have caught some salmon. But because of our group full of little people, they didn't push it and I was grateful. We got some lunch and then drove over to the Russian River where there's a little more of a family-friendly spot to fish. All the kids got a turn fishing and they really liked that. It was a beautiful place to be. Just as we had finished and walked back up to the car, a guy came over and asked us if we were going down there. We told him we had just returned and he was glad because a bear had just come over there, and he wanted to warn us about him. Glad we missed him :).

Little Leighton is so cute how he idolizes his father and does just what he does. He was out there fishing for longer than all the other kids combined, he was so happy there.

 On the way back home we stopped on the side of the road to see the mountain goats above us. We also filled up our water bottles with the delicious, cold, fresh spring water out of the side of this mountain.

We stopped in Anchorage for dinner at a super yummy Hawaiian food place called Hula Hands. Then finished the drive home.