Alaska 2014 – Day 3, June 16th

Today was all about the drive from Homer to Valdez to the tune of 10 plus hours and 520 miles. Because of the scenery, it just really didn’t seem that long. We were up and ready to roll by 6:30am, so we packed up and then scooted to the top of Homer to get another picture of the spit with the Tide up or High. It looks a bit different with the water filled in around the edges. Then we headed back to the breakfast spot, gorged and left Homer.

We had overcast skies without rain 90% of the trip, but there were occasions that sprinkle would mess up our view and picture taking portal out the front of the car. We took over 130 pictures which I whittled down to a mere 66. Just outside Homer we finally got to see our first moose, 4 to be exact, to which Lori was most pleased. I quote, “That moose just doesn’t look right, I think they have been messing around with the horses.” Who knows, moose faces to me always look a bit like horses, so maybe it’s possible. All I know is that the closer to edge of the road they get, and when your moving and they are moving, there look huge. You do not want to hit one of those big beast.

Pulling into Valdez, I will say that I was a little disappointed that most of the snow had already melted. Come to find out they had a very dry and warm winter in comparison to most. It is also no where near as sunny as when I came through with the motorcycle, lucky me!!

Not much else to tell you today because all we did was drive to setup the next few days. Tomorrow if we do not get rained out, we will do some hiking and exploring of the area. The weather forecast for Valdez, June 17th looks like 100% rain. Yea!

Highlight of today’s trip? How about dinner?

Picture of the Day