May 24, 2013

Another beautiful day so after lunch decided to drive south on the Seward Highway to check out the area.  We had not been that route since our return earlier in May.  Looking across the Arm. . .

The tide was out but when we were returning saw a small bore tide.  Should have a large one on Sunday and Monday since those will be very low tides in the afternoons.

Looking down near the end of the Arm  . . . . .

 

There are two very nice forest service campgrounds on the Whittier road.  Only part of Williwaw was open because of the amount of snow still in the areas. The host advised us that all reservations for the weekend had been cancelled due to the snow.  Some of the sites were plowed and we saw many campers already set up even though it had opened just a few hours earlier (the host said she arrived about noon to find campers waiting to get in).

As we drove towards Whittier we saw the remains of many avalanches

Coming back north to the Park we saw many waterfalls (most of these will be dry after the snow melts).  At this point we could see six . . .

We had wondered how the crowds would be since this was the first night of the holiday weekend and such a beautiful day.  We notified people we would be closing the gate at 9 PM and the park would be open to foot traffic from the lower parking lot only.  Took a little while (there was a large 16th birthday held in the picnic area)  but by about 9:30 all the cars had departed.