Alaska-Sterling Highway-Sterling

June 27 Wednesday Left Denali and drove down the Parks Highway towards Anchorage. Our next big stop is Homer, but this is quite a long drive so we planned to stop in Sterling for the night. The drive to Anchorage was a repeat path for all of us since this is where we had picked the boys up on the 23^rd. We made a stop at Walmart in Wasilla to pick up some necessities. Still didn't see any Palins. Once we got past Anchorage to Turnagain Arm we saw some new landscape. This is a beautiful drive with new views around every corner. We had been used to driving through and around mountains, now we were driving at sea level. It was a long drive before we stopped for the evening, but we all agreed we were much more comfortable riding in the RV than in that old bus in Denali! 

And another rock in our path!

Gage relaxing on the ride

Driving on the Turnagain Arm

Odd sight on our drive...helicopter transporting a plane

Alaska-Sterling Highway-Homer

June 28 Thursday Only had about a 3 hour drive to Homer today. When we reached Soldotna we made a stop at Sportsman's Warehouse to pick up new hiking boots for Gage & Reid. They are really looking forward to doing some hiking. Had a quick lunch at McDonald's and were on our way again. We planned a short stop in Ninilchik to see a Russian Orthodox Church that is 110 years old. It is still active. It has beautiful views of Cook Inlet. This view includes the “ring of fire”, the Aleutian Range volcanoes: Mt. Iliamna, Mt. Redoubt, Mt. Augustine (last erupted in 2006) and Mt. Spurr which last erupted March 22, 2009. 

Russian Orthodox Church at Ninilchik

View of volcanoes from church

  

View from our RV

We got to Homer about 3pm and checked into the Oceanview RV park just inside of the town. What a beautiful view we have from our RV. It is located on Kachemak Bay off the Pacific Ocean. It is a short walk to the beach, but it is much cooler than the Atlantic Ocean beaches we are used to. Temperatures are in the 50's here. 

In the Salty Dawg

We walked around the Homer Spit ...checked out the Salty Dawg and a few of the shops along the spit. We went to Inlet Charters to schedule a fishing charter for tomorrow. Gary, Gage and Reid will be leaving at 6am for a half day of halibut fishing. We had dinner at Captain Pattie's (not the Krusty Krab, Brooklyn!) Then back to the RV.... alarm set for 4:30am! Good night!

On the Homer Spit

Another view of Homer Spit