Alsguth Travel Blog

 Hello!  We are about to head home tomorrow ~ we are excited to share our experiences in Homer, AK. We arrived on Saturday and had two activities planned, fishing and a bear experience.  The weather was a little better than it has been, we were glad about that. Homer sits on the end of the Kenai Peninsula - on the opposite side from Seward, along Kachemak Bay. As we walked along the beach Carsten was skipping stones.... he is quite good at it!   Across the bay is Grewingk Glacier This landform sticking out into the Bay is Homer Spit, a 4.5 mile piece of land.  There are shops, places to stay, restaurants and the Harbor on the spit.  The tide in this bay can vary as much as 30 feet. This rainbow, after all the rain, was a welcome sight. This is the view from our place. Next up, on Sunday we did a 2 hour wildlife boat tour.  We went to a rookery to see seagulls, puffin (yes, they are real) and other birds.  We saw harbor seals, otters and a bald eagle.  We spent some time looking for a h

Hello again, We have now been in Alaska 2 weeks.  It has rained everyday, except 1.  The good news is that we have the right gear for the weather!  Thank God for that! We made our way from Valdez to Seward via ferry.  We had to be in line for the ferry at 5:30 am.  This was not great.  The ferry ride was almost 6 hours.  That was just boring.  I had hoped to see whales or something .... anything really ... but nope - just fog, clouds and rain.  We were safe and dry inside so it was not the worst thing ever.  It saved us a 7 hour drive. The port where we disembarked was Whittier.  This is an interesting town.  Because of an earthquake in 1964, all 250 residents of Whittier live in this ONE building.  Can you imagine?!?! Apparently there is a tunnel to the school building.  I'm here to tell you there is not much to see here (also, as you probably guessed, it was raining). At the beginning of WW2 there was a need for the army to transport stuff to Whittier.  So, they built a tunnel.