Last Day in Seward

We were both so tired after a long day of kayaking and hiking yesterday that we didn't even go out last night...wow! We went out to dinner at a place called Thorn's Showcase Lounge- one of the kayak guides told us about it, and she was very excited b/c it had "rolling loveseats." Walking in, it was very "lounge-y" dark, smokey, cool decor. Their specialty is a "bucket of butt" or chunks of fried halibut, so of course we had to get it, and some garlic bread too (and some beer, duh!). All of it was delicious! Teres sat in the rolling loveseat, but all the chairs were actually rolly :) After dinner we went back to the Yukon bar that we drank way too much at on Friday night, but we were both so tired we didn't even stay for a drink!! Unheard of.
After packing our bags this morn, we left the wonderful (no sarcasm) Moby Dick Hostel, dropped our bags at the train station, and went to the store of Exit Glacier Guides to catch a ride to the glacier. We did a short ranger-led walk on the trails and then walked on our own to the edge of the glacier. It was really amazing to be right next to it! The hike to the edge was hot- I was wearing thermals still- and by the time we made it to the glacier, I was sweating- but there was a cold breeze coming off the glacier that really cooled it down.
There were signposts all over the park with years marked on them, which indicated the position of the edge of the glacier since the 1800s (I forget when exactly). The glacier has retreated hundreds of feet, and them most drastic change has been in the last 2 years of course. Teres asked the ranger why there's been so much recession (just to see if he'd answer "global warming") and he gave a good explanation about Antarctic ice cores and atmospheric CO2 concentrations without mentioning those hot-button words...In my opinion, he did the best job of explaining everything that we were seeing/what has happened/etc.
Now we're on the Coastal Classic train back to Anchorage...4 hour ride, bit it's not bad on a train! Our flight doesn't leave until 830 tomorrow night, so we've got to find something to do in Anchorage during the day tomorrow...I'm sure that won't be a problem!