Yesterday in Homer we visited the Pratt Museum and today in Seward we visited the Alaska Sea Life Center. We are surrounded by snow capped mountains and today was gloriously sunny so we did enjoy some time in the great outdoors. However the real treats were indoors.
I am not a big fan of taxidermy but the Pratt did have some excellent stuffed animals including a 10 feet tall grizzly bear. I do not want to meet the real thing. They also had an excellent display of small sculptures made from wood and folded paper and a lovely large quilted wall hanging featuring purple moose and other fanciful creatures.
Today at the Sea Life Center things got livelier (pun intended). We walked through an amazing display of huge aquariums featuring salmon and sea lions, star fish and anemone, and so much more. Some of the huge tanks were open to the sky. We were looking at one from the underwater level when a duck dived in and way down to the bottom of the tank. I did not know that ducks would dive so deep or stay underwater so long.
I highly recommend both of these stops the next time you're in Alaska.
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