Day 105 – June 23 (Alaska Day 14)– Homer

We drove to the end of the road today.  We went to Homer where the Sterling Highway ends at Land's End.

This guy/girl had a nest near Land's End

Look at the left edge of the nest - it looks like one or two chicks

The is a strip of narrow land running out into the Cook Inlet known as the Homer Spit.  It has a deep water port and lots of charter boat businesses.  There are a few gift shops on the Spit and we walked through some of the shops. 

We drove out to a boat launch area that runs off the Spit.  As we were returning to the Spit we saw an Eagle land in a tree.  We parked almost under the tree and it didn’t bother the guy at all.  We took lots of pictures.

We ate lunch at Captains Pattie’s restaurant – Dorrie had clam chowder and I had halibut.  I am not a chowder fan but Dorrie loved it and my halibut was great.

We went over to the Salty Dog Saloon for a drink – you have to do that when you are in Homer.  This is the original Salty Dog.  We added a dollar bill to the wall – the place is covered in dollars, some so faded I have to think there are some silver certificates on the walls or on the ceiling.

On the way in it was raining a little and the clouds were very low.  There was an overlook but you couldn’t see anything.  When we left the weather was better so we stopped for some pictures. 

We were rewarded with not only great views of Homer but there were 3 or 4 Bald Eagles soaring over the water so we took more pictures.

Another great day in Alaska!