Sharp's Travels

We left this morning at 9:30am heading for Homer. The mountains had a dusting of fresh snow last night. It’s a sign summer is coming to an end.

We passed by the town of Soldotna and you could see combat fishing going on down on the Kenai River. The fishermen stood in a line all along the river at about 10 to 12 feet apart. The salmon are running and everyone is out fishing.

The Alaskan Peninsula was spectacular as we traveled on down towards Homer. There were cow parsnips (they look a lot like Queen Anne’s Lace, but can make you itch for days if you touch them), and purple lupine along the roadside.

We saw a moose with her 2 calves grazing along the highway. Cars were stopping blocking traffic, trying to take pictures. I managed, somehow, to get a picture as we drove by.

At mile 79 we stopped at a place that did wood carving with a chain saw. Everything was so life like. He also had a small cabin he’d done with bear heads in the ends of the logs. There were a lot of artistic designs in the entrance of the cabin.

We had lunch at a little trailer there selling brisket, bologna, pork, sausage or rib sandwiches or dinners. We bought a 3 meat dinner and had enough left over for another meal. It was delicious.

We passed by a couple of Russian Villages and Russian Orthodox Churches. The churches are very ornate on the outside. We hope to visit one of the towns on our way home.

We arrived in Homer about 5pm. We got set up and I fixed supper.

We took a walk along the beautiful Kachemak Bay. There were mountains on all sides of us.

Homer is famous for its Halibut Fishing Charters. A number of our group is going out tomorrow morning to try their luck.

We checked out the Homer Fishing Hole. People were standing all around it trying to catch something. The fish kept jumping right out of the water.

It is a nice, calm sunny evening. Tomorrow promises to have more of the same kind of weather.

For pictures of the day see album: Seward to Homer 7-25-08