Kenai Peninsula

Day 14,  Tuesday June 7^th,      Sunset 12:16 

We enter the rich farm land of the Mat-Su-Valley.  As on experiment during the Franklin Roosevelt era; farmers of Scandinavian decent from Minnesota area who were on social assistance were sent to the Mat-Su-Valley.  The result was not a compete success but there are still many descendants of these original settlers.  The growing season is over 100 days and due to the long days they have a good harvest of produce.  The valley is flat with mountains surrounding, reminds me a bit of the Chilliwack to Hope stretch. 

        Anchorage greets us with rain, good thing we had not planned on staying.  Wow a city, 4 lanes of traffic and traffic lights.  We will tour the city on our way back through.

        We head south east towards Homer.  Having left the flat rich farm land we now travel adjacent to the Turnagain Arm bay on our right and the Chugach Mountains on our left.  There are beluga whales in the waters, but we are not fortunate to see them.  As we head to Homer the scenery changes again and I am surprised how the mountains rock faced snow capped mountains  have disappeared and  are replaced by green rolling hills.  As we wind our way along the Kenai River the vegetation is lush green.  Traffic since before Anchorage is heavier then we have had since leaving the Okanagan. 

  View before entering Homer Alaska

        Homer is located at the end of the Kenai Peninsula.  The weather here is a bit milder in the winter then the rest of Alaska.   Once in Homer we head for the spit and look for a campsite.  The Homer spit is a very narrow long land mass that jets out into the bay.  Across the bay are the high rocky snow capped mountains.  It is a fabulous location.  

 We search for a campsite.  I had read about one in the milepost that had all the hook ups so we head there.  They have available waterfront sites with all the hook ups for only $78.00 US per night.  Really?  For camping?  I do not think so.  We head back down spit for a waterfront site in the municipal campground for $15 bucks.  That’s more like it.

We scout out fishing charters and book a half day Halibut fishing trip. 

Boardwalk with restaurants & fishing charters at Homer

 Yeh!   Can’t wait to see if we catch something tomorrow on our adventure.   

        After our halibut dinner we stroll along the beachfront.  Totally different atmosphere and experience to what we have had till now in the north.   

Homer Spit Beach we were camped at