Sometimes it’s hard to get in some of the side roads while we are pulling the trailer, so this morning we drove back to Ninilchik, one of the little towns we had passed through on the way here. We went to see a Russian Orthodox Church that was located high on a point above the town and to see them launching the fishing boats. The way they launch the boats here is to hook the trailer to a tractor (these are BIG boats). The tractor then will back the boat and trailer down the beach into the water until the boat can reverse off the trailer. The same method is used to recover the boats. The boats seem to come in a full speed and up on the trailer, at which point the tractor pulls the boat and trailer from the inlet. The beach is rock and sand, so the tractors will launch anywhere along the beach. While we were there, we also saw lots of eagles.
Tractor launching boat at Ninilchik.
On the way we also managed to get a picture of a carving that we saw on the way in 2 days ago.
Baby Bear, Man, Mama Bear Carving
We had taken the dogs with us on the drive this morning, so we came back to the trailer with them for a little while. Larry took them for a nice long walk down to the beach below our campground. Harry’s Velcro fur collected a lot of sand and grass, so Larry hosed him off a little before he was allowed back in the camper. We then left the dogs at the trailer and drove to a road high above Homer. There was a beautiful view of the town, the spit and the bay from up there. It’s always a little hazy looking across the bay toward the mountains, but even with the haze, it was a breathtaking view and a gorgeous day. We took one last drive down the spit, then stopped for an early mid-afternoon meal and came back to the camper for a little relaxation time.
View of Homer Spit
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