Homer

I had the most wonderful time in Homer with my friend Cheryl. We stayed above the Sea Lion Gallery owned by Gary Lyons. He is an artist and his gallery features his own artwork plus that of other Alaskan artists.

Our small room was above his art gallery on the Homer Spit. The spit is a gravel bar that juts out 4.5 miles into Kachemak Bay. It shelters a small boat harbor and has a ferry dock at the end. There are numerous fishing charters that originate on the spit as well as several art galleries and restaurants of all sorts. There are several parking areas for RV's as well as camping spaces.

Here is a picture looking out from our room.














Towards the end of the spit and here, back towards land.














At low tide, I went out on the beach and took these pictures of where we stayed. We were in the third building from the left on the top right hand side. There are several of these clusters of buildings connected by boardwalks.

We had a nice deck and a pair of binoculars to view the wildlife and watch the boats. We saw some sea otters frolicking in the ocean, my friend saw a sea lion (but I was already in bed) and we saw lots of birds; seagulls, geese, ravens, and eagles.

This is looking back at the mainland from where I took the very first picture. Everywhere you look the views are awesome.