Today we got up early in the morning (around 5am). The plan was to take motor coach (bus) to Seward, take a day cruise (Renown tours) and return back by train. I dropped Vidhya and Kirti at the Egan center in downtown Anchorage and I parked the car near the train station. Train station was not far, so I walked back (around 10 mins) to Egan center. We were 20+ mins early. We boarded the coach and started sharp at 7am to Seward. Driver was quite informative and he kept all of us engaged throughout the journey. We took a short break on the way and reached Seward around 10 in the morning. We collected the cruise and lunch tickets and went to national park visitor center to get more information.
At 11:30am we boarded the cruise. But, we had to wait for a while due to train delay. We, except Vidhya, had our lunch and the sea was rough. The ride was bumpy and felt the gravitational push from the stomach. I told Vidhya not to eat and sat on back of the boat outside to overcome the nausea. It felt quite good, but when I went in to take care of Kirti after she threw up the chain reaction began :-(. Vidhya heeded my advice and escaped :-). Kirti fell asleep and I was awake till we saw the Holgate glacier. The glacier view was fabolous; we also watched the ice blocks broke from glacier and fell into ocean. After that I too fell asleep for sometime. During the cruise trip we spotted couple of humpback whales and other sealife. By the time boat reached the dock, Kirti and myself were fully recovered. Btw, Kirti testified as a Junior Ranger for finding all the hidden animals in the workbook. She also got a batch and a certificate.
We boarded the train to Anchorage at 6pm. Train took us through the Alaskan wilderness. It was a feast to our eyes. We had our dinner in the train itself. Though it took approximately 4.5 hours to reach Anchorage, the trip was well worth the time. We spotted moose, bald eagles, hanging glaciers, streams, waterfalls et al. We reached Anchorage around 10:30am and went to hotel.
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