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Day 17 - Seward Sled Dogs and Sea Life

After an interesting night consisting of very loud neighbors until almost 1am followed by a big cruise ship coming into port around 5a and a 6:30am wake up, we ended up having a fun filled day.  The loud neighhbors did quiet down significantly after I asked them nicely to hold it down and pointed out that we have canvas tent beds only a few feet away.  They were very gracious about it, thankfully.  We had an 8:30am reservation at the Seavey's Ididarod Dog Sled Wilderness Tour.  It was fantastic.  We learned about the dogs, the race itself, how the Seavey family builds their sleds, and so much more. The introduction was given by Danny Seavey, who has competed in the Ididarod, as have two of his brothers, and his dad.  His brothers and dad have won many times. All of the 60 dogs at the facility either have or will run the Iditarod.  We rode a two mile course with a team of 14 dogs pulling our family in a cart, mushed by our guide, Taryn. The children wer...