I made reservations a couple days ago for Ocean Shores RV Park and for tonight at Heritage RV Park on Homer Spit. Homer Spit is a 4-1/2 mile long piece of land extending out into Kachermak Bay. The Split is a terminal moraine left over from the Ice Age.
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| Kachermak Bay |
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| Homer Spit |
First stop is “Two Sisters” Bakery. They are open 4 days a week and today is the first day they are open this week. We get there shortly after they open at 10:00AM and there is already a long line and no parking. I drop Linda off and park a couple blocks away. I don’t get back for 10 minutes and Linda is only half way through the line. We purchase a bunch of items and have breakfast back in the RV.
Next stop is the “Pratt Museum” which explores the history, science and art of the area.
After that we stop at the “Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies”. Lots of interesting displays on the negative impact that Europeans have had on land animals, sea life and the native population. They explain the various efforts to rectify past mistakes,
Then we head to our RV Park on the Split. We walk to the “Broken Oak, Oyster Bar” recommended by some fellow RVers we met at Whitehorse BC. I get a ½ dozen of raw oysters and Linda gets steamers and then we split a dinner of Shrimp and Grits. As we are sitting at the Bar the Maitred d’ gets a call asking if they have hamburgers, I guess they don't understand what an Oyster Bar is.
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| Camping on the beach, Brrrrrrr. |
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| Catalina 36, not many sailboats at the marina, mostly fishing boats |
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| At the Oyster Bar |
Interestingly the Oysters are Atlantic and west coast oysters locally grown. Oysters don’t naturally grow in the cold waters around Alaska, it's too cold for them to reproduce. The Kachermak Bay Oysters Co-Op has figured out how to get them to procreate in their lab. Then they move them to tiered nets hanging from buoys to finish their life cycle.
The news for heading home may be causing some problems. I have planned on taking the ferry from Haines to Skagway, a short trip that would save a full day of driving. The road from Skagway to Whitehorse and the ALCAN had a rock side that could take a couple days to get one lane open. Also, along the ALCAN some heavy rains washed away the road just west of Fort Nelson. It will be a week or two before we get to these places, so hopefully they will be fixed. I am also glad we did Banff and Jasper on our way north. The town of Jasper was evacuated for approaching forest fires a couple days ago and buildings on the south end of town have caught fire. The whole town is in jeopardy.
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