Day Tripping around Seward

View from Lowell Point on a sunny winter's day

On a Sunday morning run

 We've been in Seward for two weeks now and finally we can walk freely through our small house, unimpeded by boxes and plastic crates. We've been getting out and enjoying the cold, cool and bright weather. We're loving the chance to settle in here and enjoy this small town. Yesterday, Sunday, we did a Sunday run, trying to replicate, to some extent, the Sunday runs that I do with my group in Seattle when we are there. Yesterday we ran from our house, down to the waterfront and along Resurrection Bay out to Lowell Point, about three miles, and then back to the Cookery Restaurant, for brunch. The total route was a little over 5 miles and we were fairly winded and tired by the end and eager for food. We are out of practice of running and don't have nearly the endurance that we did just two months ago. It's time to start building back up so that I'll be able to run the half marathons that happen in Denali this summer.

These past two weeks have been slow paced, and quite different in that we've been based around our home and getting it unpacked and organized. It feels different to not be figuring out where we will sleep each night, as we were much of the winter. It amazes me how quickly that we adapt, though. It now seems normal to sleep in our same bed every night. It seems normal to wake up to our same house each morning. And now that we've gotten accustomed to this lifestyle, it's time for a change! On Friday we will be flying out to Dillingham, on the Bristol Bay, for a month's work. We will be working as research assistants for a UW Ph.D. project, interviewing salmon fishermen. We have two more free days to explore Seward, delight in the beauty and then we will be traveling again!

View of our house from First Avenue, shed in foreground