Road to Homer

We saw more traffic in Anchorage than we had seen on the whole trip from Dawson Creek to Anchorage (1850 miles).   A trip to Costco - across the street from the campground, let us fill our cupboards, refrigerators and gas tanks.  But we were ready to get out of the big city and get on with our trip.

We traveled the Seward Highway to Tern Lake then jumped on the Sterling Highway.  The trip gave us breathtaking views almost the entire trip.

 

We drove along Turnagain Arm and Cook Inlet and had incredible snow covered mountain and glacier views

 

 

 

Portage Glacier in front of us 

 

 

Wild flowers, lakes, mountains and highway nearby

 

 

One of the many stops along the road

 

 This is one of the glacial rivers near Cooper Landing.  The river has copper in it and the glacier flour which gives it the milky blue/green color.

 

 

A short stop for road construction along a creek and we saw salmon swimming.  Steve wanted me to jump out of the coach and catch a few for dinner.

 

 

Homer Spit and the mountains in front.  So beautiful.  We couldn't get rid of the camper in front of us, so he became part of the blog. 

 

 

A "spit" is a peninsula jutting into a body of water that constantly changes land mass.  We are sitting between Kachemak Bay (Russian name means "high cliffs on the water") and Cook Inlet.  In the 1964 earthquake, the spit sank 4 to 6 feet requiring several buildings to be moved. 

 

The Homer Spit is a working port with the Alaska State Ferry System, Alaska Marine Highway, commercial fishing and fish processing. Homer calls itself the "Halibut Fishing Capital of the World".  Fishermen regularly catch Halibut weighing 300 pounds.

 

 If you have seen the TV show "The Deadliest Catch", one of the boats (Time Bandit) is docked and works out of Homer.

 

 

 

Steve, Linda and Lucy's first view from their campsite.  We were supposed to be here 4 days, but once we drove in, we decided to stay an additional 4.  Who could drive away from this view?

 

View from our campsite across Kachemak Bay

 

Views of the glaciers - just on the other side of these mountains are large glaciers, Harding Icefield and the Kenai Fjords National Park.  Post to come.