Blogs from Homer, Alaska, United States, North America - page 5

As I mentioned we went to Homer yesterday and to the Homer Spit. As I said, the spit is a narrow piece of land extending into Kachemak Bay. All along the road that goes down the middle of the spit are restaurants, fishing charter businesses and little shops. The large docks are also there. I am attaching a picture of the fishing boats at the dock. In the background of the picture, the town of Homer is located on the bluff overlooking the spit. Whenever we mentioned to anyone that we were going to Homer, they said that we had to go inside the Salty Dawg Saloon. This is a very small building. So, we went inside and there are dollar bills attached everywhere, ceiling, walls, etc. All of the dollar bills are signed by the ... read more

Talk about a rest day. Dan and I got up at about 8 am and got to the free continental breakfast before it closed but then we were back in bed, me watching a movie and Dan catching up on some sleep. That saw us through till lunch at which time we decided to see what we could find off the resort. This lead us to the Salty Dawg. Unfortunately, they didn’t serve food (unless you count microwave hot dogs and potato chips food. We did not. So we went next door to the Asian-American place before headed into town to see what was there. First though we went looking for the Time Bandit from the TV show Deadliest Catch. We found it, and we saw a couple of crew members. Dan got them on video. ... read more

We left Denali on Thursday morning to drive to Talkeetna where we stopped the night in an Alaska State Park. It started raining again while we were walking around Talkeetna and it rained all night and into the next morning and the rain stayed with us until we got into Anchorage. The sky started to clear and we stopped for lunch in the first view-point south of Anchorage and there was Mount McKinley. The remainder of our trip to Soldotna was wonderful, clear blue skies through some great scenery. We planned to stay in the Fred Meyer store parking lot in Soldotna. The store generously provides proper parking spaces for RVs as well as a dump station and potable water. We took the opportunity to drive to Kenai and visit the Moose Lodge that we had ... read more

July 23-24, 2011 ANCHORAGE, AK Our first night in Anchorage after we all got settled, a bus picked us up and took us to dinner at the Sourdough Mining Company Restaurant which is a replica of an old mill house. Here we were treated to a delicious dinner which included Sourdough Corn rolls, Fries, BBQ Baby Ribs, BBQ chicken, Baked Salmon and soft ice-cream for dessert. Following dinner we were entertained by Dusty Sourdough in the tent city theater. Dusty, who used to sing with Glen Campbell, took us back to the gold rush days with song, storytelling and humor. It was here we also visited the chocolate factory. Next morning found us in the Emergency room of Providence Hospital to see a doctor about a medical problem. This beautiful hospital is part of the University ... read more

It was a short drive from Ninilchik to Homer, only 40 miles down the Sterling Highway. Homer is famous for many things: it is known as the "Halibut Fishing Capital of the World," it has the Salty Dawg Saloon, it was made famous in Tom Bodett’s book and radio show (you might remember him from the Motel 6 “We’ll keep the light on for you” ads) "End of the Road," it is home to the Hillstrand Brothers, Andy and Johnathan, famous co-Captains of the Deadliest Catch king crab boat – Time Bandit, and of course, The Homer Spit. The Spit, 4 ½ miles of road that ends in Kachemak Bay, is probably the exposed part of an underwater moraine for a tidewater glacier. A geologist from Soldotna dates the Spit at approximately 16,500 years old. During ... read more