Alaska - a trip to remember

[okie]

[okie]

Oops , wrong pic. Sorry
Continuing shortly ......

Thanks for comments so far .

[okie]

Driving along the spit-road , we came onto a place where there were some guys fishing . This is called the “ Fishing hole “ , and is basically a tidal inlet into the spit . During high-tide , fish swim all along the side of the spit , and enter the Fishing hole . When the tide goes down , then there is a sandbar preventing them from getting back to sea , and they circle round and round inside . The water is extremely clear , and you can see these huge salmon and other fish circling around , and when one gets hooked , you can actually see the fish darting all over . And you can hire fishing gear for $10 and catch your own fish .

[okie]

Oh , and another fact about Homer , which was really the big reason why I wanted to visit it .
Well , according to my GPS readings at the time , Homer is 17054 kilometers away from Cape Town .

Yeahh , yeahh , so what , you say .

Well , according to my reckonings , there is nowhere else on this planet earth that you can so far away from Cape Town , travelling by road .

Hmmmmm. Want to get away from it all ?

[Lisbeth]

Well....... You have to cross the water somewhere

[okie]

Lisbeth , I did not say travel all the way by road
In this case , we travelled at least the last few thousand kilometres from Seattle by road

[Lisbeth]

[Richprins]

That's the one RP The Gumboot Chiton Cryptochiton stelleri and Hoary Mugwort Artemisia stelleriana are also named after him.

Surely you are trying to infuriate me, Dewi! But will add to my hate list of 19th/20th century bird namers!

Fascinating, okie!

The pistol shooter must surely be categorised as "redneck"?

[okie]

RP ,


Leaving Homer , we continued on our travels .




With more beautiful scenery




Next stop Seward – sitting at the head of Resurrection bay , on the Kenai Peninsula . beautiful little “ city “ and port , with population about 3000 . To go to Seward , we had to drive half-way back to Anchorage first , before taking the only road to and from this gem of a place . Certainly worthwhile to visit .

[okie]

This river is green from the glacial water .




The marina .