Homer to Seward

Arriving in Homer, we wheeled the kayak a few hundred metres to the campsite below.

It was an expensive campsite for a patch of gravel but handy for our departure the next day even at low tide. 

The bush and trees behind the beaches were often too thick and uneven to pitch a tent so many nights were spend on the level areas of beach above the high tide mark. 

One of the very few days we were blown off the water, the wind didn't drop so we ended up camping here. 

Using the extension antenna for the VHF handheld, this enabled us to receive the weather broadcasts in areas with poor reception. 

Lunch spot looking back at the Chugach Islands. The day had started overcast and cold but cleared slowly through the morning to hot sun and clear skies. 

Just some of the 2000x50x20metre high pile of driftwood at Isthmus Beach, Gore Point, Kenai Fjords. Enough timber to keep Hobart warm for a winter or two!

Baby sea otters cannot dive so they are left bobbing about on the surface while their Mothers are feeding. 

The black patch on the snow drift in the far left of the picture is a Black Bear. It was a hot day so what does a hot bear do? Roll around on a snow patch.

Our first 'iceberg', well bergy bit. 

Tough paddling conditions in Northwestern Fjord, Kenai Fjord National Park. 

Approaching the tidewater glaciers at the head of Northwestern Fjord.

This tidewater face is slightly left of centre in the picture above, the tourist boat gives you some idea of the scale.

Thick ice and hot sun. 

Leaving our campsite at the head of Northwestern Fjord. The surging waves from ice falling from the glaciers had washed all these bergy bits up on the beach blocking our exit. Lynne is pushing them out of the way.

In the more popular areas of the Kenai Fjord National Park the campsites were equipped with bear proof food lockers making food storage so much easier as we didn't have to fiddle about hanging it all up in a tree.