Our last day in Homer found me sticking close to the beach. I mean, with a view like this from the window, how can you leave? Continue reading “Day Forty Nine: Last Day on the Spit”
Day Forty Nine: Last Day on the Spit
Day Forty Eight: Homer
Twice in my life I’ve stayed in hotels/condos right on the beach (Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico). When I lived in Lima, Peru I rented an apartment overlooking the Pacific. Those were amazing experiences, but I have to say that waking up on a spit of land in the middle of Kachemak Bay was really, really cool. Continue reading “Day Forty Eight: Homer”
Day Three: Playing Tourist
Spent the morning wandering through Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Michigan was a home for trumpeter swans until they were hunted into extinction for ladies accessories in Europe in the 1800s. A few from Canada and Alaska were reintroduced in the 1980s and they have succeeded quite well. A swan was the first bird I saw. I also saw my first bald eagle of the trip, though I do not have a picture–he was high in a tree quite a distance away. I saw an eagle and an osprey nest. I saw all kinds of birds–loons, ducks, finches, etc. There was a beaver swimming around in one lake–many people know that on July 3, 2013 I was chased by an angry beaver in the Riley Outpatient Parking garage. #NeverForget. Continue reading “Day Three: Playing Tourist”
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