to seward

still no wireless access. we got up and prepared for the ferry ride from valdez to whittier. we had some extra time to kill before the ferry left so we went to the docks and watched some people fishing for silver salmon there. it was quite cool. the docks were probably 100 ft. off the water so when a fish was hooked, they had to lower a net down on a rope to retrieve the fish. the fish were good size and had to be whacked on the head after they were brought up. the whole thing was interesting to watch.
we loaded our car on the ferry and sat back upstairs in comfort as we crossed the price william sound. the sight seeing was great all the way across the sound. many cool mountains, a few huge glaciers, some doll porpoises (sp?) etc. it was a 3 hour journey that took us to whittier.
we then drove to seward. on the way we tried fishing a few times. once at kenai lake and again at ptarmigan creek. kenai lake was huge and we couldn't cast out to the fish that were rising. it was still a nice scenic stop. the we stopped at a weir and watched the salmon trying to jump up a mini water fall and get upstream. for some reason i was highly entertained. i took a video of course. ptarmigan creek was tough to access without waders plus there were quite a few other fly fisherman around...so we decided to bag it.
we stopped here and there and finally got to our place. it's a cool place right on the water with spectacular view. we checked in and got some dinner. dad got salmon and i got the halibut fish and chips (steve strong would have loved them!).