Off Like a Herd of Turtles: Family Travel Blog

Girdwood area Because our travel dates couldn't be known until the arrival of our little Fynnie, we did some inefficient driving on this trip. One result was that we spent over a week in the Girdwood area. This was actually fine, great even, as there was tons to do and it broke up the long Kenai Peninsula--> Denali and back again drives quite well. We had amazing luck with last minute campgrounds and VRBOs. We realized late in the game that after a month of RV camping, it would be good to get organized, cleaned, rested and fed in a house for a few days before Adam's long drive back home to Illinois so we got a house for the final 3 nights. And we realized that my initial campground booking which was all that was reservable on the weekends during my last minute planning was really not great (Crow Creek Mines, I do NOT recommend!!- bugs, small sites, not much in the immediate area) but we lucked out not once but TWICE getting FCFS sites at the Bird Creek Campground on a July...

Seward is heralded as a must do town on the Kenai Peninsula by the tour books and Facebook groups. We had a great time there and there were a few great excursions we took, but I will be a dissenting opinion about the town and the campgrounds. It was a bit surreal to have heard so many things about a place, and then get there and think "what am I missing?". But Seward is still absolutely worth a visit because of the 2 must do and 2 nice to do adventures we participated in.  We were in Seward for a total of 5 nights. Faster moving travelers or folks with older or no kids could easily get the job done in 2-3 nights depending on which of the below adventures interest you.  For the first two nights we stayed at the Seward Municipal campground (Marathon campground). So many people talked about this as an amazing campground. Well, it's a parking lot. Literally a gravel parking lot. I did my research so knew this already hence planned to stay just 2 nights because SO MANY PEOPLE ...