The Homer Spit, end of the road and our midway point

We made the leisurely drive down the Sterling Highway, leaving late on Monday.  It was such a pretty scenic drive with the Cook Inlet on the right, and the volcano's just past the Inlet.  I followed Eric to the gas station and watched the bikes jiggle jiggle in their rack.  Hmmm, no wonder they are getting scratched up.

The flowers around the Kasilof campground were very pretty and Gidget liked them too!  

We arrived at Heritage RV Park on the spit early in the afternoon.  We have been asked "What the heck is a 'spit'?"  The Homer Spit is a very mini peninsula about 4.5 miles long and under a mile wide.  All along are campgrounds, most with no hookups.  We opted for full hookups, including cable tv.  The only channels we get are Fox News and the History Channel.  Hmm, maybe its the age of the clientele.  haha.  This is the mecca for Halibut fishing.  Everyone is here to fish except us it seems.  The beach is also known for its mussels.  Lots of folks are out there at low tide gathering them up.  Since we are not fans, we have left them alone on our stretch of beach.  Gidget picked one up, but she was not impressed.  Mowgli found a little dead crab leg which he thought he might like but promptly dropped it when told to do so.  Good dogs!

The view from the front of the beast is amazing!  The glaciers on the other side of Katchemak Bay are amazing to look at with the binoculars.

This guy would rather have fish than our pups

Taken from the front seat of the beast towards the glaciers

There are lots of fun eclectic shops here in Homer and on the Spit.  We have been looking forward to a beer at the Salty Dawg a funny little bar on the spit.  It is a very small place with no beer on tap, just bottled, and cash only.  Only snacks are bags of potato chips, but you just gotta go there!  The inside is filled with dollar bills with folks names on them, pinned to the walls and ceiling.  It is crazy.  We met a nice group from Lincoln Nebraska who were Red Sox fans.  They go to Spring Training every March.  We enjoyed the conversation.  One of the group had dove in Palau in 1989 before it got overrun.  We enjoyed talking about that area and diving the wrecks.  We never did catch their names.  

  We located a bike store called Cycle Logical to find a better solution for the bikes.  Derrick the owner worked all morning with us.  It's complicated because we have the suzuki with a spare tire in the rear with a 1.5 inch hitch, a motorhome with a 2 inch hitch and fat beach cruiser bikes.  Finally a solution!  get a three bike carrier to make room for the fat bikes for the motorhome.  Problem solved.  I love shop owners who enjoy a challenge.  A shout out to Derrick, great job!

We have pretty much goofed off, which seems to be the mantra now days.  We enjoyed awesome Halibut fish n chips and rock fish tacos at Fresh Catch Cafe for lunch.  We couldn't decide which to get so we got one of each and split it.  Very good and we'll go back.

We are fans of the Deadliest Catch and have watched them drop pots, pull pots and offload pots every season for 9 years.  So guess where we went today and spent our allowance?  The Time Bandit Store off course!  I generally don't buy t-shirts, but I liked the designs and got two.  Eric found a jacket and off course some long sleeve t-shirts.  He picked up a sticker that says "Don't make me go all Captain on you!"  Wonder who that is for?  He's the Captain of this vessel, so I think he's talking about me.  I'm the cook and 'nagivator'.

Well it is happy hour time and the rain is pattering on the roof.  Open windows with cool ocean breezes.  Sorry Las Vegans, but I had to say it.

Nighty night Patrick!  

BRR! It's Chilly!