Sea Kayaking

For Natalie's Mom/Dad day she chose to go sea kayaking.  We had to drive out to Seward to do so.  We went with a group of 7 other people.  When we arrived the guide taught us some very basic Kayaking skills and then we were off.  We kayaked along the shore for a little over an hour.  We then went onto land and went for a hike to a river that took and we got to see hundreds of salmon.  It was great to see all of the salmon in the rivers.  We learned some information about them that I didn't know.  Like that they turn gray/white as they are getting old and about to die.  It was really smelly in some spots where we saw some dead animals and dead fish.  The Salmon were really active and fun to get to see.  

We also saw a Sea Otter and several Bald Eagles.  Nate is a pro at spotting things and kept pointing them out to everyone before our tour guide could even see them.

After our hike on land we took to the sea again and headed back to the rental place.  It didn't take us as long to get back to where we started as it took to get to the hiking spot.  After we got all done with the equipment we headed out of town.  We stopped at a subway restaurant to eat and headed back to Eagle River.  I have to admit that it was one of my favorite things that we have done in Alaska and it was great to be able to spent time with just Natalie doing it! I'm glad that she picked Sea Kayaking.  I may have never done it if she didn't.