Peninsulas are Preferable

Alaska is a massive state.  It is hard to comprehend how massive it really is since we stick it in the corner of the United States map with Hawaii. This clever map shows us how Alaskans feel about the US map.

This made us giggle.

Really this is a more accurate scale.





Parts of Alaska are accessible only via air or boat, in fact, Alaska is so vast that they have their own Marine Highway system in place to reach remote ports and cities, including the capital city of Juneau. The Alaska Marine Highway ferry runs twice in the month of August and it will take us a week and two ferries to get from Homer, Alaska to Juneau and then to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. From Anchorage we ride down the Kenai Peninsula to make our connection in Homer.

Kenai is one of the top tourist destinations in Alaska and the Sterling highway that connects it to the Anchorage is scenic and a fun ride. Apparently peninsulas are a valuable tourist destination (Florida, Baja, Italy, yada yada.) We enjoyed meandering south while watching for bears and moose.

Moose in the mud!

Another landmark for our journey was the furthermost Western point that you can drive in the United States.

We are in there somewhere among the fireweed,.

We found a small cabin in Clam Gulch to call home for a couple nights. Outside of our window we can see the Rebound Volcano across the bay. Just a few days before there was a 6.3 magnitude earthquake with the epicenter just southwest of Mt Rebound. We were in Anchorage at the time and everybody seemed to feel the quake except for us.


From this point you can see the peaks of 3 active volcanoes.

Mt Rebound as seen from our room.

The "end of the road" of the Sterling Highway is located in Homer, Alaska. It is a small town with lots of culture and things to do that range from bear watching, to razor clam harvesting, to salmon fishing.  The views are amazing..  people are warm and friendly.  

We spent two  nights with a local that told us all about the culture here and what life is like as a life long Alaskan. 

Kachmak Bay

The Homer Spit in Kachemak Bay where the Ferry departs to head South.

A Seaplane landing in the Spit.

Road to the Spit.

Landmark watering hole, The Salty Dawg Saloon, filled with dollar bills stapled to the walls.

Seagulls making a spot to squak

On the road we have invented a new game.
It is called Alaska or Alabama?

Ta ta for now..