Donna, our World Wide Country Tours director, is standing up front giving us directions for the day.
Exit Glacier was near the Seward Windsong Lodge where we had spent the night. This is the only glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park accessible by road. Every day that we have been scheduled to see a glacier it has rained. On day seven we visited the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau and it was cold and rainy. Looks like it is the same forecast for today.
Our schedule was to cruise Resurrection Bay out to the Gulf of Alaska and see whales and more glaciers. Since the weather didn't cooperate and the water was rough, we were not able to go that far out so we missed seeing those things. We were in the boat two hours and stopped on Fox Island for a delicious lunch of grilled salmon, then bounced around in the rough water for two more hours.
I didn't have a raincoat or umbrella so had to stay inside the boat.
Papa Ken went outside and took some pictures in the rain. He said he had to hold onto the railing as it was a bit rough.
I did see lots of birds.
I also saw lots of sea otters resting on the rocks in the rain.
Afterwards we headed back to Anchorage where we stayed in the wonderful Alaska Hilton. 
Alaska has many beautiful flowers because of the many hours of sunlight each day in the summer.
This is the first time I have ever seen a telephone booth. Mamabev told me this is where Superman changes his clothes, but I didn't see him. 
I wanted to call home, but didn't have a dime.
Unusual art work in front of the Visitor's Center. Note the sod roof on the log cabin.
Our bus driver recommended we eat at Humpy's (named after a type of salmon). The Republican Convention was on TV so everyone was watching Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin speak.
Tonight is our last night in Alaska as we get up early (again) and fly back to Seattle. This is a great state and I hope to return someday because there were a lot of things that I didn't get to do.
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