Sunday the 6th: Seward, Alaska
We did end up hiking, the whole day in fact. Took an eight hour trail to the top of Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park and looked out onto Harding Icefield. It was about four miles one way and straight up. Our legs were jelly afterwards.

This particular glacier is right up close to the park, allowing visitors to walk within a few feet of it (they discourage getting on it or right next to it as a piece could fall on you at anytime...we risk it all for the blog).

It was pretty cold up close but things were downright hot on the trail, especially with all of the uphill walking. The heat seemed to be helping some enormous plants to grow...that and all of the sunlight.

The trail close to the top of the glacier, near the icefield:

Hiked through a few snow packs where the weather cooled off dramatically.

Exit Glacier in the foreground and lush mountains beyond:

Top of the glacier:

This image was taken by a lady who asked if she could take our picture first, with her own camera. She just could not get over how picturesque we looked in the landscape. She even directed us where to sit, look and how to position our bodies. Weird. Since we were in a pose, we figured she could snap one with our camera.

Harding Icefield above the glacier:

The snow packs were huge up here and stable. Elizabeth climbed on one that ran over a stream. And the one in the image directly below had a small river running underneath.

This guy greeted us halfway down the trail, after a long day out.

Black bears were in the area but we didn't have any luck spotting them. Saw a guy on the trail walking with a gun strapped to his chest. Our only defense would have been a dull, short car key.