We were startled out of bed this morning at 3:45AM by Fred Meyer staff. They needed us to move our truck so that they could bring a semi into the parking lot. Thankfully, we had unhitched from the RV, and they didn’t ask me to move the RV.
After getting up the second time at a more reasonable hour, we drove South to Homer, at the Southern terminus of the Sterling Highway. This is literally the end of the road. We found a spot at the city campground which is located at the beginning of the Homer Spit. $15 a night gets you parking lot-style camping with no hookups:
Our neighbor is using his boat as an RV:
Down of the beach, we could see a couple guys setting up to do some kitesurfing in the distance:
We dropped off Trish at the Laundromat and I took the kids to the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, operated by staff from the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge:
The visitor center was very well done, and the Junior Ranger workbook was quite challenging as well:
The kids received their badges. Because it’s a wildlife refuge, the patch is for “Junior Biologist”, not Junior Ranger:
Homer humor:
In Homer you can stand on the beach and see glaciers across the bay:
I went for a bike ride out to the end of the spit, where the harbor is:
I then rode up to Skyline Road where I could look down on the spit and the mountains across the bay:
Homer is a wonderful little town, in the summer anyway. Good Shabbos from Homer, Alaska! See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.