Day 26 May 15th Homer

       

dock at the end of a long spit

By the morning we had sailed

one of many noisy kittiwakes

from Anchorage to Homer where again the weather forecast was mixed. As we were here all day and we had a long day yesterday we decided to stay on board in the morning and visit this small fishing community in the afternoon. First impressions looking from the boat were not great. There was a large, noisy colony of kittiwakes around the dock.

eagle nesting on bollard

Our morning was spent sorting out after yesterday and writing yesterday’s blog. After some lunch we caught the shuttle into Homer which

the ship from the town

was down a very long spit from the dock. On the way we saw an eagle’s nest in one of the sea bollards. We got off at a parade of shops which were not too attractive. We had a good look round a hardware/general store which was well stocked but we did not need anything! The shuttle buses were doing circles and so we got on and went to the next

a coal truck and former post office!

point. There were art and craft shops here but nothing too vibrant and as the rest of the place seemed like this we decided to go back to the ship on the next bus. Whilst on the bus a lady said that taking another shuttle was more rewarding and so we did this at the quay. This took us to an area where there were different styles of building on the seafront

seafarers memorial

. Also there was a seafarers memorial which had tiles and plaques in memory of locals (some very young) lost at sea. It was a poignant reminder of the dangers of fishing anywhere in the world. This area was certainly more interesting to us than the main town.

harbour/marina with Zaandam

We decided to walk back to the ship and followed a path round the harbour/marina. It is obvious that the place comes

boat launching Homer style

to life in the summer but that time had not yet come. We spoke to a couple about to launch their boat and watched others launching. We made it back to the boat in time to watch

unmooring using a boat

her being unmoored. She was too long for the jetty and had to be tied/untied from sea bollards which could only be reached by boat. We were soon away and past the end of the spit.

the end of the spit