Today was a day for roaming around Homer. While the night before was windy and overcast, today is a beautiful day. We went up to the lookout that you first see when you come into town and looked at the mountains that hadn't been visible before. Mt. Iliama is part of the Ring of Fire and has been dormant longer than most of the nearby mountains. She has been building a cone that is predicted to collapse or blow soon.
The other mountain visible from here is Mt. Augustine. It sits 72 miles from this vantage point. In the late 1880's the north side of the mountain slid into the sea and created a tsunami that came into Homer. However, it was low tide, and it looked just like a high tide, and did no damage. However, when it slammed back into Mt. Augustine, it left debris sixty feet up the mountain that they are just now discovering.
We took a ride out East End Road, which goes for many miles. Several hanging glaciers can be seen from here. We went to the end of the road, and the end of the Bay. This is one of many roads that we have followed to the end on this trip!
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