Drove from Captain
Cook State Park to Homer. Short drive
(120 miles). Temps were around 60 with
sunny skies.
We were not sure
what to expect in Homer. The big thing
at Homer is an area called the Homer Spit, which is basically a long sandbar
that has camping, hotels, and boats.
Lots of boats. By the brochures,
we thought it would be cool to camp there at the Homer Spit, as it is
surrounded by ocean and mountains.
However, the campgrounds were the jammed up type with barely any room
between campsites. A fairly hectic
place. We got out of there and went back
up the road to the Halibut Campground in the Anchor River Recreation Area. Cheap site with no utilities. It is actually right on the ocean with huge
campsites. Our kind of place. We figure that we can drive the 20 miles into
Homer, but still stay in a quiet place on the ocean.
Went for a long walk
on the beach as the tide was out. Very
large tides here and the beach becomes huge.
Seen eagles and otters in the ocean.
No whales (supposed you can see them from here). Had a campfire, which was actually very nice
as the temps were dropping quick. We had
a plan to wait out the sunset to take some pics at the beach. Sunset was at 11:17pm, so a bit of a
wait. It was also dropping into the 40's
temp wise. Cool sunset though.
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Overlooking Homer - That is the Homer Spit below - Mountains in the background
are on the Kodiak Island
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| Above Homer |
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| Sunset from the beach by our campsite at Anchor River Recreation Area |
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| Sunset |
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Sunset view of the Mountains - This is a Volcano. One of many
on the "Ring Of Fire" |
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