We had 2 goals today; explore the City of Kenai and then drive to Homer. Kenai was a quaint town with a lot of history relating to Captain Cook and the Cook Inlet. The Visitor Center was nice with an informative museum…and a good WiFi hookup which we took advantage of in their parking lot. There is a self-guided walking tour of the city’s historical buildings.
Photo right: dilapidated log cabin, note dove-tailed corners.
After lunch we started toward Homer. Along the way, the city of Anchor Point boasts the "most westerly highway point" in North America but we could never find it. Supposedly there’s a sign stating that fact and I wanted a picture of us standing next to it. No luck. Since we have a picture of the most southern point in the United States at Key West I wanted this picture to add to the collection. Oh well, maybe on our way back through we’ll stop.
Closer to Homer is a park pull off that is a must stop. Great views from high up on a cliff. Homer itself is not a mountainous town but well situated with beautiful views of the Alaskan and Aleutian Mountain Range and the Cook Inlet. We stopped at the Wildlife Reserve Visitor Center and were glad we did. It’s an impressive high-tech museum and knowledgeable staff.
We decided to splurge and ate dinner at Crabbies. I had a halibut sandwich and Pat had 2 appetizers of Alaskan King Crab and Kodiak Island shrimp and our typical Corona and wine.
We were planning to camp on the Homer Spit but it was crowded and looked like party central so we opted for a quiet space at the city Karen Hornaday Campground. We caught a spectacular moon rise, it was ¾ full and orange, interestingly the ¼ that was shadowed out was vertical from the right. We both awoke to the tapping of the rain after darkness fell upon us.
Photo left: Homer spit/party central. There are at least 4 RV parks on the spit.
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