Kenai Peninsula

We are travelling to the Kenai Pensinsula and this drive is one of the most beautiful we’ve been on – along the coast of Cook Inlet, taking in the view of water and mountains (some with glaciers) along the way. We also drove through little fishing communities where you saw nothing but fly fishermen and small fishing boats on the the lake and rivers.

Volcanos across Cook Inlet

Homer is our first destination but we are spending the night at Anchor Point instead. We are at a State Recreation campground on Anchor River called Halibut. It is a beautiful place and also the most westerly point that you can drive to in the North American Continent. We are right next to the beach and this is where some of the halibut fishing boats are launched – even in low tide as they use a big tractor to launch the boat.

Eagle at our campsite

We visited the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. Saw some interesting exhibits on how the people used to live. After that, we drove to the spit – apparently this is where all the action is in Homer. It is an interesting place – it has an ice-rink, marina, restaurants, wildlife tour operators, fishing charters, gifts/souvenir stores, seafood wholesalers etc.

We had dinner at Captain Patties which was recommended by the someone at the visitor’s centre. We had Alaskan King Crab – USD130 for 3 pounds! It’s the best king crab we have ever tasted, and so was the salmon and halibut.