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Photo of the week: Running into a brown bear near the loo
We were driving up the Sterling Highway from the town of Homer, at the tip of the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska and as always we pulled into a parking lot to use the public toilet. This time, we … Continue reading
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Tagged brown bears in Alaska, Homer, Kenai Peninsula, Sterling Highway in Alaska
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Alaska by road
It sounded like the tinkling of ice cubes in a glass; except there was no glass, only a large lake. The water on the edge of the Grewingk Glacier Lake had turned into cubes of ice and gentle waves knocked … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska by road, Grenwingk Glacier Trail, Homer, Homer Spit, Kachemak Bay state park, Kenai Peninsula, Ninilchik, Prince William Sound, Road trip in Alaska, Russian Orthodox church in Alaska, RVing in Alaska, Seward Highway, South Central Alaska, Sterling Highway, Whittier
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A trove at the end of the road in Alaska
The Sterling Highway in Alaska ends at the tip of the Kenai Peninsula in a town called Homer. Homer’s main claim to fame though is, its famous spit – a narrow, hooked finger of land, nearly seven and a half … Continue reading