We fell in love with Homer,AK at first sight. Homer was our very
favorite place in Alaska. It is a charming fishing village. At the
visitor's center we found that the hotels were expensive - so we
chose to camp out at a real live "Real working Hippy Farm".
The Hippy farm had real live horses and boasted it had the best view
of Homer.
Our "campground" was a mess of tall weeds. In this pictures you can
see our next door neighbor. I took this picture from inside our tent.
The horse you see woke us up by munching on our tent!!
We really loved our home away from home away from home....The view
was great and the people that lived there were right out of the 60's.
Sitting around the campfire at night with the hippies was a real trip.
All the comforts of home? Not! But, you have to admit our outhouse
was both colorful and a "room with a view."
As we rode out of town - we stopped once to take this "good-bye" picture
of Homer - we really did enjoy our stay there.
One day
Kevin mentioned to our friend that he was disappointed that we had
not seen any bears so far on our trip. So Liz took us for a drive
and Oh My god....Kevin almost got bit. I thought the bear was pretty
friendly, considering that he posed for me and my camera.
We had been in Anchorage and visited the surrounding areas for about
3 weeks. We were ready to move on. Our friend suggested that we go
to Denali for the weekend and she would join us. We found a great
campsite and off we went to see this awesome, wilderness park.
This is another one of my favorite photos. We spent 3 days in Denali
- saw many wild animals - at a distance thank god!! We also went white
water rafting, however you cant bring a camera on board - so no pictures.
But, it was great fun and we both recommend taking a wet ride, while
in Denali. We never did see much of Mt. McKinley, the guides say it
is fogged in 80% of the time.
As you drive Alaskan highways, you see many Caribou walking along
the side of the road. They are awkward, funny-looking, animals.
We bid Denali and our friend good-bye After 3 weeks of being pampered
by a real bed & hot showers - we were off again on the open road for
parts unknown. The beauty of traveling like this - with no itinerary
is that you can stop wherever you please. Who could resist turning
down a side road that led to the town of "Chicken" boasting a population
of 65.
The "town" of Chicken consisted of what you see in this picture. A
couple in there 40's bought the whole town a few years ago. They only
stay open in the summer and then fly to Mexico in the winter. When
I asked to use the rest room, this pictures is where they sent me.
But, I was too "chicken" to use it.
After leaving Chicken we headed for the North Pole. Actually, it was
Fairbanks and it looked pretty much like Anchorage. So we didn't stay
long, just stopped to say hello to Santa Claus and then crossed the
border into the Yukon. We drove the "Top of the World" Highway to
Dawson City. It was so exciting being on top of the world and the
scenery was magnificent.
After stopping
at a rest stop for a few minutes - we got back to our car to find
that we had acquired a hitch hiker. This would be a good ad for Cherokee,
don't you think?
