Blogs from Homer, Alaska, United States, North America - page 3

Toen wij woensdag in Valdez onze ferry-tickets ophaalden, kregen wij te horen dat wij niet alleen de enige auto hadden geboekt maar ook de enige passagiers zouden zijn. En inderdaad, er werden nog 3 of 4 voertuigen opgereden maar die waren of van ferry-personeel of van Alaska State. Verder kwam er nog een morsige man met een winkelwagentje rommel aan boord, maar dat was al. De tocht was fabuleus, 5 1/2 uur langs bergen, gletsjers, eilanden, stukken drijfijs, helaas geen walvissen of dolfijnen, wel wat surfende vissen (tonijn?), kleine watervogels en een enkele zeeotter die wegdook als het schip te dichtbij kwam. We hebben nog geprobeerd zeeleeuwen te kieken maar ik ben bang dat onze telelens te klein en mijn bibberen te groot was. Want het bleef de hele ochtend (vanaf 7 uur!) behoorlijk fris en ... read more

Woke up bright and early this morning. As we had spent the night in a pull over on the side of the Seward Highway. Pleased to say it was another bright sunny day. We drove for a couple of hours until we reached Sterling. Stopped off at a drive thru coffee store and then had a look at some amazing wood carvings which were right next store to the coffee store. Alaska has a lot of drive thru coffee houses around. These coffee houses are like small cabins placed in car parks, shopping centres or just plain anywhere. You can drive through or just walk up to the counter. Great small business idea. We passed through Coopers landing where will be returning in a few days to do a river raft. Hoping to see some wildlife ... read more

Last night was the last time we could look out our door and admire the beauty of Homer. We will miss Homer as it is a beautiful little town with lots of charm and great people. If it wasn't so far to pull our trailer, we would definitely spend the summers here. Jackie (bakery friend) was so right to fall in love with this place. The pictures, taken last night, will speak for themselves.... read more

Homer is breathtaking. From our campsite, we look right out onto Kachemak Bay. That is, until a big rig pulls in next to us stealing our view for 24 hours or so. Then it is restored, until the next one. It is a quick climb down to the beach where you can walk forever during low tides. Which I have done several ties, and will do again today. The little church we went to Saturday evening has a big window in back of the altar, again, looking straight out into the bay. Joe and Ron went on a halibut charter yesterday; and each caught his limit of two nice big ones. Yeah! We had baked halibut for dinner last night (would have grilled, but the wind was a bit much). In the afternoon, after the boys ... read more

Since Joe and I are trying to get a cold we both slept in and didn't do much all day. I did take some great pictures of our view from our front door this afternoon. I am also including some pictures I took at the Pratt Museum of the inside of the old log cabin.... read more