Road from Anchorage to Seward, Alaska
Arctic Terns at Potter's Marsh Heidi at Turnagain Arm The drive south from Anchorage to the seaside town of Seward takes you through 2 hours of some of the most scenic driving anywhere in the world. And that is only if you don't stop anywhere to explore more...which would be a shame. Heidi and I had already traveled by scenic train, safari bus, and motorcoach, now we had our own little rental car which can only be described as a micro (smaller than a compact), and were ready to tackle the road to Seward. Strolling thru the wildflowers Fresh Water out of the cliff Just outside of Anchorage the vast fjord called Turnagain Arm comes into view. It has been called that ever since Captain Cook's sailing master, William Bligh (of HMS Bounty fame), was sent in to see if this 45 mile stretch of water could be the elusive Northwest Passage that Cook was after. Instead it only led to another dead end to which Bligh in his disappointment referred to as the "Tur...