Seward, Day 2!

Took it easy and went to bed early last night, knowing we had to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for kayaking this morning. Walked down the road to Kayaking Adventures Worldwide to meet our guide and get suited up for our trip. After meeting Buddy, the first thing we did was sign liability waivers- of course!! We then got our PFDs and loaded into the van with another group and headed down to Lowell Point, where we were putting in. It was another beautiful day in Alaska- flat waters, minimal wind, and SUN! Perfect kayak conditions.
I was initially a little leery of the sit-in kayaks, since I've only been in sit-on-tops, but it wasn't too bad. Kayaking in the Keys and Everglades is just a bit different than kayaking in cold Alaskan waters!! Once inside, we had a skirt that went around the opening, preventing water from getting into the cockpit.
Since I'm (apparently) the more experienced kayaker, and we were in a tandem, I had to sit in the back and control the steering with foot pedals. This was totally new to me, since I'm always steering a sit-on-top with my paddle, but easy to do.
We set off into Resurrection Bay and paddled south towards Tonsina Point; on the way we saw a sea lion, murres, and some bald eagles. We beached on Tonsina and walked to a waterfall, then had a little picnic snack (hot chocolate yay!) on the beach.
The paddle back to Lowell Point was much harder than going out- the wind picked up and made some good swells, so we really had to work to get back! Not fun, but we did it!
After kayaking, we decided to head to Mount Marathon- a little over 3000 feet- where there is a race up & down the mountain every July 4th. There's a pretty daunting sign at the trailhead thy basically reads, "this is dangerous, don't do it" so we turned around and looked for an easy hike :) Ended up hiking the Two Lakes Trail, then walking to the small boat harbor just for shits & giggles. Now we're back at the hostel relaxing (having a beer!) before going out to dinner. One of the kayak guides recommended a place that has rolling love seats- I cannot imagine it- so we HAVE to check it out! Tomorrow we're hiking the Exit glacier, then heading to Anchorage on the train...more later!