Saturday, June 21, 2003

Day 31

Saturday 6/21/03
After gassing up in Anchorage, we headed down the Seward Highway to The Kenai Peninsula and Homer. Had light rain on and off for most of the trip. We stopped at the Fred Meyer store in Soldotna to stretch our legs and in walked Bill and Gwen Groskurth from MN who we had met at Denali. They were coming back from Homer and heading for Seward. When we got to Homer, we camped at the Homer Spit Campground. The spit is a 4.5 mile rock and sand peninsula about 1/4 mile wide that sticks out into the bay. A road extends to the very end lined on both sides with parking lots, restaurants and gift shops. The RV park is adjacient to a hotel on the very end of the spit. Many eagles make there home near the spit and a full time resident of the campground known locally as the eagle lady feeds them winter and summer with donated food from fishermen. We peeked into her yard and I took a picture. After settling in, we went out for a dinner of Halibut at Captain Patties. Needles to say, it was DELICIOUS. Teddy had grilled and I had baked.
222 miles today; 4888 total