Farewell to Anchor Point & Homer

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We said goodbye to Anchor Point this morning and to Homer last night. We were finally ready to depart our old home. Last night we had dinner with Jerry and Stephanie at a very nice local Homer restaurant overlooking Katchemak Bay.  What an enjoyable time we 4 always seem to have. It was sad saying goodbye to them but, at the same time, it was so good to have seen them after 20 years.

I have deliberately not talked about Anchor Point because our first venture to our old land was such a disappointment.  Homer, that has grown through tourism and population density, is still beautiful and liveable. Anchor Point, on the other hand, has grown as well but its populace seems to have no regard for the land. Only the Anchor River and Cook Inlet seem to have remained somewhat pristine. The fishermen populate both of these bodies of water along with the eagles and the sea gulls. Once you travel outside the main street, the once abundant forests are now devoid of trees and littered with dead cars and junk yards (and these are the places the people live – their homes). Our land has been  decimated by loggers, bark beetles and fires. Those who live on our old road use it mostly as a refuse pile for cars and abandoned houses . Michael and I tried to walk our land and hopefully get to where the house was or to the creek. After 10 minutes of trudging over downed trees and underbrush we finally gave up. You really can’t go home again.

Still we are in Alaska and it is unlike any place in the world. When I stood outside Jerry and Steph’s house overlooking Katchemak Bay and the mountains and glaciers, all I could feel was an amazing peacefulness. The quiet is deafening. Standing outside our motor home overlooking Cook Inlet and Redoubt, Iliama and St. Augustine volcanoes, I felt the same way. I’ve never experienced silence the way you can here in Alaska. Though our old home is no longer, our hearts and souls still live here.

Yesterday, Lily and I walked to the beach on Cook Inlet to watch the eagles and sea gulls cavort. On the way, I discovered an eagle’s nest. One of the adults was in a tree “talking”, a baby was in a nest and another eagle was sitting in one. How cool! Here are some images of these eagles.

Baby Eagle

"Talking" Eagle

Immature Eagle flying along the beach at Cook Inlet

 

Mature and Immature eagles on the beach at Cook Inlet

 

We are now in Seward, Alaska sitting in the shadow of beautiful snowy mountains. We are hoping to take a boat out into Resurrection Bay either tomorrow or Thursday.

 

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