Morrows to Alaska 2014: Homer area

After a lazy morning, the six of us headed out for a road trip around the area. Our first stop was an art gallery. The painter, Norman Lowell, homesteaded land on the Kenai Peninsula. He, his wife, and their 5 children lived in the extreme wilderness in a tiny cabin. He started painting in the 70s and has his art work displayed in a large gallery he and his wife have built and added onto several times. It was a special treat to get to talk to him. As is most art work, the ones for sale were pretty pricey. Since none of us have houses or money (after this trip, ha) we didn't make a purchase.

Our next stop was Anchor Point, the western most point by continuous highway in North America. The highlight of that stop was watching eagles (at least 20) and gulls feeding on fish carcasses that had been deposited along the bank.

On our way back to Homer, we drove a little traveled road by the name of East End Road. It was an unbelievable view and ended on a bluff overlooking the bay. As you will see in the picture below, the road was a challenge. They were working on it in several places, some looking like it would not be navigable. Jeff was driving and we made it to the "end". Actually if we had wanted to drive a very steep winding road, we could have driven all the way down to the beach. Jeff chose not to chance that.

We were all too tired to cook so ate out before coming back to the campground.