Seward Trip: Jake & Daddy's Adventure Day

Last year Bentley had the chance to go on the Alaska Railroad with Daddy and my cousin Ben down to Seward, where they did a cruise of Resurrection Bay with a stop at Fox Island for lunch.  He had a grand time and talked it up; so Jake has been asking for this same adventure experience.  Today was the day!  For the last few days Jake has been reticent about going (the joys of being a terrible three?!), but luckily he started coming back around to the idea yesterday evening.  And he got up like a champ at 5:20 am and told me that he was going to have a "super fun time"!  I asked him if he would tell me all about it upon his return, and he said "No, I can't.  We're going to be gone for a LONG time so I can't tell you everything we do".

Hmmmph!

Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words.  Here are a few photos from Daddy's iPhone that they sent me during the day.

On the way:

Checking out the dining car on the train (apparently bacon was the highlight):

Taking a rest on the train.  He told his Dad "there was just going to be more mountains, trees, and water, so it was ok to sleep now!"

Made it onto the boat, lookin' for those whales:

Made it, off the boat and back to the railroad (isn't he cute?!):

They saw a whale and a blow hole, some marine animals (sea lions) and birds (bald eagles and puffins), and ate lots of good food.  I sent a camera with Jake, but Matt says Jake was so busy looking around wide eyed that he didn't have time for the camera.  :-)

Jake brought home postcards for his brother & sister and reports that it was a good trip.  Thanks for the fun time, Daddy!