Dan Wright – 2006 Trip from Seattle to Alaska

26 July 2006

Day 10: Seward & Homer

Today I drove the Kenai Peninsula, to Seward, then to Homer. Had heard about the Driftwood Inn from another traveler (motorcyclist), but it had no vacancy by the time I found it (almost 7 PM). I gassed up the car and set up camp at Anchor River State Recreation Area instead.

Tomorrow, I head north: back through Anchorage, then on towards Denali National Park.

Spotted:
• bald eagles
• a brown (grizzly) bear, just south of Anchorage, maybe twenty feet from the highway on a side road.
• salmon (king?)

Departed Anchorage about 10 AM AKDT

Arrived Homer, Alaska (59°46'N, 151°51'W) about 6 PM AKDT
Sun: 5:34 AM - 10:53 PM
Distance to Seattle: 1,455 miles
Distance to the arctic circle: 479 miles
Distance to the north pole: 2,092 miles

Distance driven: 364 miles
Total driven: 3,741 miles

26 July 10:25 PM AKDT