The Homer Spit

The Homer spit is a destination in and of itself! All manner of businesses thrive there. You can get a halibut charter, a flightseeing trip, a bear-watching trip, park your RV, stay at a resort, or eat a fine meal.

Below: The Alaska Ferry is docked at the Homer dock. Known as the "Alaska Marine Highway System," You can take this ferry to any Alaskan Port or down to the lower 48 and Bellingham, Washington. This would be a wonderful way to travel to Alaska if you had the time.

We stopped to order smoked salmon. Locals recommended The Coal Point Trading Company for smoked salmon to be shipped. They were right! We recommend them too. Their web site, linked above, provides some excellent recipes for seafood lovers. Below: Alaskan lumber awaits shipment to the orient.

Plenty of work going on here!

Lumber is being stacked for shipment to the Orient.

Here too!

Depending on who you talk to, the history of the Homer Spit varies. The spit originates either from the tidal swells and currents of Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay over millennia of sand buildup, or that it was pushed into place by now-retreated glaciers. In 1899, the Cook Inlet Coal Fields Company laid a railroad track along the spit, connecting the docks to the coal fields along Kachemak Bay. The resulting business led to the development of what eventually became Homer.