We sadly left Seward and started our journey home. Destination tonight is Anchorage. We started the day visiting the Seward Sea Life Center. The center performs animal recovery and tracks the status of the bird, mammal, and fish on the Alaskan coast and does basic research on the eco system. This was another great stop and a real learning experience. Note: the picture of the seals on the icebergs is only a picture of a picture. Diana was disappointed she didn't see any on the Fjords tour. After leaving Seward, we visited Exit Glacier which is a land terminating or Piedmont Glacier which is part of the Harding Icefields left over from the last ice age. We took a short couple of mile walk up to the glacier which has retreated about 4 miles in the past 200 years. Then it was on to Anchorage. On the way we stopped for lunch by a scenic wet lands area and visited a Wildlife Conservation Center. Seeing wood buffalo, brown bears, musk oxen, elk, moose and caribou just isn't the same as seeing them in the wild I their own habitat. We got a last look again at the beautiful Turnagain Arm. In Anchorage, our task is to pack and get ready for our flights home tomorrow. Miles driven today was 150 miles.
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