Seward Waterfront Park
Photos & Story by Carmen
Spring Fever -- we Alaskans contract violent cases of it about this time of year. We go crazy when the snow melts. LOOK! IT'S DIRT! We haven't seen any dirt for months! Convinced that 45° is HOT, we appear in tank tops, shorts and flip flops, shivering as we insist picnic season is here. Wait! Is that a green aura around that bush? Yes! Tiny rolled up little green leaves are growing.
Last week we opened a second Once in a Blue Moose store in Seward. We've been in downtown Seward for twelve years, just a couple of blocks up 
the hill from the Sealife Center, and this year we had an opportunity to open a small shop next to the Small Boat Harbor. Yipee! An excuse to get the RV ready for another summer adventure!
After a tsunami in Resurrection Bay caused by the 1964 Earthquake took out part of Seward's waterfront, the city made the area into a park. This is one of the first campgrounds to open in the spring. Special reduced rates were in effect because the water has not yet been turned on in the campground, and over the weekend a large 
flock of RVs flew in from Anchorage to enjoy the illusion that summer is here. We had the pleasure of chatting withsome brave early birds from New Mexico who had rented an RV in Anchorage. Fortunately, I happened to mention we had the Once in a Blue Moose stores, because I dropped a flash drive in the campground and these kind neighbors were able to figure out it was mine when they saw a "Blue Moose" document on it.
On the adventure down, I noticed the campgrounds on the way like Granite Creek and Bertha Creek were still gated shut and snowed in. Temperatures were still below 50° in Seward but hardy Alaskans built campfires and sat out in the brisk breeze until misty rain began to fall.
