Homer . . . The spit, the brewery and king crab

We are staying at Baycrest RV Park on the hill just above Homer. You can't see the spit from our campground but the views are still a sight to behold and today we watched whales out in the Cook inlet.

 The view for our campground from a nearby vista

 Homer Spit from the Vista above it
The Pic on the right is a magnified view of the pic above.



We started our day with a visit to the spit . . . looking for the prefect gift for a special little girl. We also stopped at the local fish market for some Alaskan King Crab which would be our dinner this evening.
 What visit to Homer would be complete without a visit to the local brewery. Al had the Broken Birch Best Bitter which had been recommended by the waiter from the Seward Brewery and I had the Rhubarb Spritzer . .  .both were delish.

A word or two about the flora in Alaska; when we left Vermont on June 25th the peonies in our yard had just gone by. Here, on July 30th the peonies were in full bloom. We had been told by may locals that their winters were very similar to ours in VT. Interesting about the flowers here.

 We saw these gorgeous Delphinium at a local green house as we came off the Spit. Very eye catching blue.

A fine dinner of Alaskan King Crab Legs on our last night on the peninsula. Today has been picture perfect and more like Summer than any day yet.


Headed back to Anchorage tomorrow for an oil change, a fill up of propane, laundry and a bath for the van before we head to Valdez.