July 11-14
After a day of rest we headed to Soldotna. The Fred Meyer in Soldotna offers free RV parking for 3 days for free and they have a dump station. We stayed the night, and took a walk along the fish walks near the visitor’s center.
The King salmon won’t be in for a week or two, but there were still many people fishing along the river. We got to see a fellow catch a good sized fish directly across the river from where we were standing. The stores were crazy busy with everyone getting stocked up and situated before the fish really start arriving. We loaded up with groceries, water, propane and diesel and off we went toward Homer.
The scenery on this drive was really beautiful. It was foggy, hiding many of the mountains, so we can only imagine the scenery we would have had on a clear day. We snagged a perfect beach spot on the Homer Spit with Kachemak Bay as our view. This is a city park for $15 a night dry camping. They do have a dump and water station. Nice sunny days so we have not needed our honda generator as our Solar has been keeping us charged up the whole time.
As we drank our morning coffee, we watched a couple of bald eagles catching fish a few yards from our trailer. 
We visited the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center where we learned about the 4.9-million-acre refuge that includes the chain of more than 300 volcanic islands that make up the Aleutians and its diverse bird and wildlife populations. 
We strolled down the spit stopping to visit the Seafarer’s Memorial and the 
Salty Dog Saloon, made famous by those fishermen of the Bering Sea (the ones on the TV show, The Deadliest Catch). It was too early for a drink in the saloon, but maybe tomorrow. 
We also watched the fishing boats come in with Halibut, Ling Cod, Black Cod and Rock Fish. It was amazing to see how fast a professional can fillet a 167 pound halibut, no more than 2 minutes at most.
After a day of rest we headed to Soldotna. The Fred Meyer in Soldotna offers free RV parking for 3 days for free and they have a dump station. We stayed the night, and took a walk along the fish walks near the visitor’s center.
The King salmon won’t be in for a week or two, but there were still many people fishing along the river. We got to see a fellow catch a good sized fish directly across the river from where we were standing. The stores were crazy busy with everyone getting stocked up and situated before the fish really start arriving. We loaded up with groceries, water, propane and diesel and off we went toward Homer.The scenery on this drive was really beautiful. It was foggy, hiding many of the mountains, so we can only imagine the scenery we would have had on a clear day. We snagged a perfect beach spot on the Homer Spit with Kachemak Bay as our view. This is a city park for $15 a night dry camping. They do have a dump and water station. Nice sunny days so we have not needed our honda generator as our Solar has been keeping us charged up the whole time. As we drank our morning coffee, we watched a couple of bald eagles catching fish a few yards from our trailer. We visited the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center where we learned about the 4.9-million-acre refuge that includes the chain of more than 300 volcanic islands that make up the Aleutians and its diverse bird and wildlife populations. We strolled down the spit stopping to visit the Seafarer’s Memorial and the Salty Dog Saloon, made famous by those fishermen of the Bering Sea (the ones on the TV show, The Deadliest Catch). It was too early for a drink in the saloon, but maybe tomorrow. We also watched the fishing boats come in with Halibut, Ling Cod, Black Cod and Rock Fish. It was amazing to see how fast a professional can fillet a 167 pound halibut, no more than 2 minutes at most.
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