Kenai-1

On day 16 we drove South from Anchorage 157 miles to Soldotna in the Kenai Peninsula. La Jefa is finding her stride now and has been a worthy land yacht. I have a FRIEND in the Kenai who let us stay at his place (undisclosed location.) When we arrived late in the afternoon we were greeted with this view!

“Beach Benz”

“Beach Benz” quickly picked up on the fact that he was free to chase as many Seagull as he could….BUT there were other fowl in flight nearby!

“Eagle Eye”

Even though the first Eagle you see below is just a baby, there were plenty of others in the area who have managed to snatch 15 lb fish from the sea and fly off with them. This made me pretty nervous to say the least, so I had to keep a watchful eye over my little canine buddy.

“Eagle, not in the Sky”

The second Eagle is full-grown and seemed to make the dead tree look small in comparison. There were many Bald Eagles in the area as well. Mert just wanted to see a Moose but I think the birds ate them all because we didn’t see a single one until the day we left. We were told that they are all calving right now.

On day 17 we rented a car and drove to Homer for the day. Homer is the furthest point Southwest you can drive by car. We really didn’t have a plan for the day except to find a nic nac shop for Mert and a cool pub and grub for O.B. and I. When we got into town we found a quaint little fishing village with lots of cool shops and beach front dining. We dropped Mert at a souvenir store so OB and I could case the joint further.

We headed south through town and spotted a few planes sitting on the water and quickly realized that they were charter planes for fishing, bear watching and the like. One plane was getting ready to take off so we sat and watched it go. It sure seems to take a lot longer for the aircraft to get airborne from the water? After that we continued south across the bridge on the peninsula for a few more miles. The road kept going until we found this!

“Ahoy there”

Simon Holmes, are you in there? Susan and Simon are friends of ours from Park City but with the British flag in the window and the satellite dish hooked up, I’m pretty sure this may be their second home.

We decided we wanted to see more but we needed to turn around and pick up Mert. OB said she would still be stuck in that store! We were gone over 45 minutes and too both of our surprise she was waiting outside for us 🙂

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