Johnson Lake to Homer
We weren’t far from Homer as we left Johnson Lake, and we had covered some of the territory before, having gone to Ninilchik. Our only stop between Homer and Johnson Lake was Anchor Point, where the Anchor River flows into Cook Inlet. It’s a huge fishing area, quiet right now, like the rest, because of the moratorium on Kings. We watched as a fishing boat was pulled from the water by a tractor that went right out into the water. Then the boat captain gunned it, and the boat ended up on the boat trailer, where a young man on the back hooked it up and brought it out of the water.
Eagles were flying around; including two Golden Eagles, which I was told later weren’t in this area!
One Bald Eagle, having his lunch on the beach, was interrupted by the tractor, but quickly resumed eating.
Anchor Point is the most westerly point to which you can drive in the US. Notice the “drive” part because of course Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands are much farther West.
As we were driving on, Redoubt Mountain loomed off to our right, and I asked John to stop at the next turnout to get a picture. By the time we got there, a squall had moved in, completely obscuring the mountain, but making this rainbow. You could see both ends of it and it was visible quite a way down the road.
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