We spent our 4th of July in Seward, AK, where my favorite sight of the day was several volunteers wearing Obama Alaska shirts, registering people to vote.
Seward’s 4th of July celebration includes a race up Mt. Marathon, about 3,000 feet straight up a mountain. The runners come down muddy, bloody, and bruised. It’s such a popular race that you have to win a lottery to get a bib, and some people pay $1000+ to get in. Crazy people!
We watched the juniors race (about ½ up the mountain), and saw the end of that race. Some runners looked great (hardly any mud, could have run more), while others looked like they were ready to die (one wasn’t moving his arm, much blood, limping, and puking at the end).
Then headed over to Soldotna, where we checked into the Call of the River B&B - great place to spend our first night off the boat.
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