A YEAR ON THE ROAD IN OUR MOTORHOME
BOOK 2/PAGE 6
June, 1991 to June, 1992
We next head down the Seward Highway through Portage into the Kenai Peninsula where Seward sits at the head of Resurrection Bay, which is ice free the year round. Seward was almost destroyed in the 1964 earthquake. On the right is one of the many small glaciers along or near the road.
We climb up the glacier a bit and look back down - a long ways! Along side the glacier are many flowers that seem to thrive here.
Jeanne is looking "hard" at the crab - dinner! On the right is the Portage Glacier, which is a huge tourist attraction. The town of Portage has been moved as it was completely destroyed in 1964.
South of Portage is the turn off to the west into the Kenai Peninsula. On the way, we stop at Clam Gulch with a population of 115 (1990). The road ends at Homer and Homer Spit, a small piece of land jutting out into Cook Inlet.
Homer, Alaska, the Halibut fishing capital of the world, or so the sign says. On the right is the wonder state park we stayed in, Stariski Point with Mt. Reboubt, which rises to 10,197 feet, in the background.
The Kenai Peninsula has many great sight, such as the Captain Cook State Recreation Area and Anchor Point, the most westerly point of North America. On the way back to Portage we stopped to take the short train ride from the former Portage to Whittier, which can only be reached by rail or sea. On the left is the parking lot for passenger's vehicles but there were several buses and RVs taking the train to Whittier to catch a boat back down the coast. The glacier on the right is on the way to Whittier.
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