Sharp's Travels

If you check out our pictures today you will see a few from last night there also. We headed down the Homer Spit for supper and spotted where they were weighing and hanging someone’s catch of the day. We didn’t have the camera along so had to go back to the 5fh wheel to get it. We thought that sight deserved a picture or two. The big one was a halibut—150 lbs., the pot bellied ones were cod and the orange were yellow eyed Rockfish.

The local people of Homer Spit bury large Spruce trees upside down in the sand with the gnarled roots upward for eagles to land on. I got a picture of one of those but no eagles, darn!

Now for today, we met for our prayer meeting at 9:30 am and then headed out about 10am. It was foggy and misty so we didn’t stop for any pictures along the way. We had a moose run across the road in front of us shortly before we arrived in Kenai.

Kenai is located in the heart of the Kenai Peninsula. It has miles of sandy beaches, two mountain ranges and 4 active volcanoes. Kenai is the largest and oldest city on the peninsular.

We pulled into Beluga Lookout RV Park in Kenai around 1pm. We are up on the bluff overlooking Cook Inlet and the Kenai River. We looked down over the bluff and could see lots of people dip netting. We talked with a couple here in the park that were putting their nets together and heading for the river. Large nets are attached to long poles that are dragged through the water, hoping salmon swim in.

At 2pm we took a walking tour to an Old Russian Orthodox church. We were given the history of the church and then toured the Old Russian Cemetery. On our way back from the cemetery, Gay stopped at the fish cleaning station and got a few shots of people cleaning their salmon.

We are having a King Crab feast tonight at 6pm. We headed into town to pick up our King Crabs at Safe-Way. Spike had them all cooked and put aside for us to purchase. He was going to supply all the fixings, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls, pie and wine, cider or coffee, tea and hot chocolate. We all had a great time and everything was delicious.

As we were finishing we noticed the sun was beginning to shine. Maybe tomorrow will be another sunny day.

For pictures of the day see album: Homer to Kenai 7-27-08