On the road to Homer
Day 7
The rain continued to pour down.
I got up and made coffee and wrote for a little while. Then I cooked breakfast and we stowed away anything that was loose. I did my check of the and got thoroughly soaked RV before we took off. This time I had my jacket, so it wasn’t too bad.
Off we went into Seward. Seward is a thriving metropolis of about 3500 people. It’s a cute little town, awfully touristy. The main street is full of restaurants, bars, and shops of all sorts. At the end of the main street is the Alaska Sealife Center.
We spent a couple of hours in the Sealife Center and didn’t see half of it. I give it my highest rating for any aquarium I’ve visited. Unfortunately, my knees gave out and I had to find a place to sit down.
Buddy found a quilt store and left me sitting on a bench. After about a half hour I recovered enough to check out the gift shops where I got my last gifts for folks back home.
I finally met up with Buddy again by my bench. I stopped for a gelato on the way back to the RV. It was incredible, but it must have been loaded with sugar. Before I’d eaten half of it, I started to get a sugar rush and had to throw it away.
We climbed back into the RV and headed to Homer. It was about a three-hour drive.
Have I mentioned that Buddy has been doing all the driving? She runs a business in a man’s world. She rides a big hog and drives a Jaguar. She wants to do it all herself and she’d never run an RV before.
So here she is, a little 5’2” woman, climbing up into the driver’s seat and heading down the long, lonely highway. It would be funny if it wasn’t so cute.
We arrived in Homer in late afternoon. We joked about getting there before dark. Big laugh. The sun goes down at about 10:30 pm but it doesn’t get dark ‘til about 1 am. Then the light starts seeping over the horizon at about 3 am.
We found our camping spot and hooked up for the night. Running water, electricity, and sewage. What luxury.
The rain continued to pour down.
I got up and made coffee and wrote for a little while. Then I cooked breakfast and we stowed away anything that was loose. I did my check of the and got thoroughly soaked RV before we took off. This time I had my jacket, so it wasn’t too bad.
Off we went into Seward. Seward is a thriving metropolis of about 3500 people. It’s a cute little town, awfully touristy. The main street is full of restaurants, bars, and shops of all sorts. At the end of the main street is the Alaska Sealife Center.
We spent a couple of hours in the Sealife Center and didn’t see half of it. I give it my highest rating for any aquarium I’ve visited. Unfortunately, my knees gave out and I had to find a place to sit down.
Buddy found a quilt store and left me sitting on a bench. After about a half hour I recovered enough to check out the gift shops where I got my last gifts for folks back home.
I finally met up with Buddy again by my bench. I stopped for a gelato on the way back to the RV. It was incredible, but it must have been loaded with sugar. Before I’d eaten half of it, I started to get a sugar rush and had to throw it away.
We climbed back into the RV and headed to Homer. It was about a three-hour drive.
Have I mentioned that Buddy has been doing all the driving? She runs a business in a man’s world. She rides a big hog and drives a Jaguar. She wants to do it all herself and she’d never run an RV before.
So here she is, a little 5’2” woman, climbing up into the driver’s seat and heading down the long, lonely highway. It would be funny if it wasn’t so cute.
We arrived in Homer in late afternoon. We joked about getting there before dark. Big laugh. The sun goes down at about 10:30 pm but it doesn’t get dark ‘til about 1 am. Then the light starts seeping over the horizon at about 3 am.
We found our camping spot and hooked up for the night. Running water, electricity, and sewage. What luxury.
My big fat RV
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