Eagles, Homer and Seward

Hello friends, it's been awhile since I shared photos with you.  Sorry, laziness combined with fresh air poisoning and poor internet connections have kept me away!

Last post, we were leaving Fairbanks headed for Seward which is 485 miles south.  We encountered lots of smoke once we arrived in the Anchorage area and that stayed with us all the way to Seward.  The road from Anchorage to Seward is incredibly beautiful with astounding views of Cook Inlet surrounded by snow capped mountains....none of which we could see because of the smoke.  🙍 

We were bummed about that but grateful that we had driven this road before and knew of the beauty beneath the smoke veil.

View out the windshield, spattered bugs and all.  This is as good as the view ever got the entire time we were in Seward.  The smoke is all from the Swan Lake fire burning on the Kenai Penisula, 77,000 acres last I read, but larger now I imagine as the fire is still burning.  The fire was not near Seward but the winds were blowing it in our direction.

One of my favorite sea critters, an otter.  They have the cutest faces!

We had to drive through the worst of the smoke to get to Homer from Seward.  Firefighters had burned near the road to stop the fire from jumping across.

The visibility was greatly improved in Homer.  There was still a smoke haze but still you could at least see the mountains.  This is the view from our campsite.  Nice eh??

Dick is a fan of the TV show, Alaska, the Last Frontier, so we had to go visit the Kilcher Homestead Museum. I have never seen the show but must admit I found the homestead very interesting.  One of the Kilcher children that grew up on the homestead spent about 2 hours telling us all about growing up on a homestead and the subsistence lifestyle.  Below is the cabin that you may have seen on TV.

This is the view from the Kilcher's cabin, WOW is all I can say!!

This was called the barn but has never been used as a barn.  Seems to be more of a guest house.

 We did some day trips in our Jeep and  I photoed this eagle (and above) near Ninilchek on the beach at Deep Creek State Recreation Area.  Great place for seeing eagles if you're traveling through this area.

More on the Homer area later!