Monday, August 14, 2012

Today I quit numbering the days of the blog.  When we were with Rose and Bill it was a way of keeping track of the trip.  They are home by now and Connie and I are on our own.

Today we drove from Anchorage to Homer, 220 miles, some on the Seward Hwy and most of the trip on the Sterling Hwy.  We drove through the Kenai area.  The season is on for Silver Salmon and there were hundreds of fishermen fishing off the shore and in boats.  The Kenai area is really beautiful.  It also looks to be prosperous.  We didn’t see any abandoned businesses and every town/city looked very well kept.  The fishing probably has a lot to do with the prosperity.  Princess has a nice lodge on the Kenai River. 

We stopped  at the Fred Meyer store in Soldotna for a few groceries.  What a zoo!  Trying to find a place to park the rig (56’) in a crowded parking lot isn’t quick and easy.  Finally got a spot, got some groceries, and had lunch in the MH. 

We got to Homer by midafternoon, got parked, and went out to the “Spit.”  The spit is a 2 mile man-made gravel bar that extends out into the bay.  In most areas it’s a quarter of a mile wide.  There are several RV parks; tons of shops and restaurants; and shops selling fishing charters, flightseeing, and cruises.  We managed to look in a couple of shops, found some nice soap stone carved bears and native people, and now we’re going to think about what we can’t live without.

This is the Salty Dawg Saloon on the spit.  It's rustic, to say the least, and people have thumb tacked dollar bills over the entire ceiling. 

If you squint you can see the spit.  This is overlooking the bay on our way into Homer.