The Salmon Are Running! That means the campgrounds are full. . . and the rivers are full of fishermen! At this point we did not have reservations, and hoped that there would always be someplace/somewhere to spend the night. With a bit of adjustments to our plans, we managed reservations for tonight at Soldotna and tomorrow night in Seward. The goal today was the Kenai Pennusula and the town of Homer. We left Anchorage on Seward Highway, duplicating our sight-seeing drive of yesterday. As we had hoped, today the flood plain was at high tide. (Take my word for it - the picture didn't turn out!) We swung around the Turnagain Arm and headed onto the Kenai Peninsula. After a total of 155 miles, we dropped the trailer at Soldotna, and drove the 70 miles on down to Homer. In Ohio signs acknowledge the number of people killed on the highways – on the Kenai they count the number of moose killed; 182 so far this year! There is no documentation of RV/Motorhome mishaps, but we happened across what appeared to be one! The coastal drive was not the typical rainforest we have seen; it was a mixture of young growth hardwood, more mature pine trees, and open meadows all on a flat and level road at an elevation of about 100’. It was sparsely developed, but did have electrical poles and cell phone access to the entire peninsula. And, there were great views of the surrounding mountain ranges. At the “end of the road” is the Homer Spit – a 4.5-mile strip of sand and gravel that juts out into Cook Inlet where the harsh weather wears away at it. It takes a lot of work and rock walls to keep the whole spit intact. On the spit there is a line-up of restaurants, charter tours, bars, art studios, piers and boat docking, and campgrounds. We drove the spit and got out and walked some of the it, and viewed the mountains across the Cook Inlet. Then we ventured up on the East Hill Road, a high bluff overlooking the harbor, – mostly residential and B&B’s – to try for a view of the spit from up high. The pictures I took were through the car window, as there were no overlook/pulloffs. On the return trip we spotted our first moose fairly close to the road . . . grazing away. It appeared to be a yearling and on it’s own, and a little shy. Several miles later we saw another, larger, moose, but I was on the phone and didn’t get a picture!
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Jane
7/10/2017 11:25:56 am
Did you see the gigantic halibut fish in Homer?
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We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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