Seward, Alaska - SIGHTS (& EVAC) 1 of 2

Pulled into Seward but first thing we had to have the US Coast Guard test us on our "Evacuation Preparedness" - PASSED 100% (not a small feat ... see the video).

At 60 degrees North and 149 degrees West, Seward (pop 2,717) is a city in Alaska on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska. By road, its 120 miles from Anchorage. A great place to hike, see wildlife, fish or explore American history as the homeland of the Alutiiq or Sugpiaq. It is named for William Seward, Secretary of State in 1867, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska by the US from the Russian Empire. My mother went to Seward Park High School (in NYC) named after this great man … see below.

We enjoyed our 2nd trip to Seward and decided that since we were so excited about being on American Soil, we would just enjoy the small but so quaint town of Seward. We spent the afternoon walking the town and going into shops and just visiting with locals at local fares. There were several places to drink (they have their own breweries) and incredible number of places to eat (see next posting) at and varieties of food here too. Seward had everything you need in life … maybe we will move here (the temps only drop to 25 degrees at the coldest). Fun day in the U.S. of A.

Seward was Mile 0 of the original 1,100 mile Anchorage to Nome old Iditarod Trail that was the dogsled mail route in the early 1900s. Sled teams delivered mail and supplies to such towns as Nome and Iditarod and carried out gold. After a break due to plane travel taking over, it resumed for the “Great Race of Mercy” with the hero dog BALTO (see story at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_serum_run_to…)
BTW, Ghost and Sven won this year ... in 2023.

P.S. Seward Park HS in NYC was opened in 1905 and had some famous Alumni during the 1940’s … besides my mother, like Zero Mostel, Jerry Stiller, Tony Curtis, Estelle Getty, Walter Matthau, Sammy Cahn and Nobel prize winner Julius Axelrod!Lue lisää