Day 720- Alaska Trip-Homer-Valdez

Sunrise Homer, Alaska

Tom and Buffy's first halibut fishing trip

Salty Dawg Saloon on the Homer Spit is one of Alaska’s most iconic landmarks. Operating as a bar since 1957, the building began as one of Homer's very first pioneer cabins in 1897 and previously served as a post office, schoolhouse, railroad station, and grocery store

Rodney and Tom

Tom

Valdez 1898 

Founded as a tent camp during the Klondike Gold Rush, Valdez served as the "All-American Route" for prospectors. 

In 1964 the original town site was leveled by the 9.2 magnitude Good Friday earthquake and subsequent tsunamis. The survivors rebuilt the entire city four miles to the west on safer, bedrock ground

Alaska has informed us that the travel season is over (I think it came by dog sled). The Northern Lights made an appearance last night, the fall colors surround us and the fireweed has turned to cotton. We will start the next couple weeks driving back to the lower 48. We still have a couple key spots to hit along the way. Pictures do not do the beauty justice.