{"id":8519,"date":"2015-07-30T13:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T19:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/?p=8519"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:01:57","slug":"going-to-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.van-tramp.com\/wp\/going-to-homer\/","title":{"rendered":"Going to Homer"},"content":{"rendered":"

After leaving the Kenai area, the plan was to spend a week somewhere between there at Homer where we would again spend a week. We had a few options, the first being Ninilchick where we stopped in to the Old Village to peak around…<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_5537\"<\/a> \"IMG_5564\"<\/a>… and, even though I am far from a religious person, hiked up to the top of the hill to visit the Transfiguration Of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IMG_5552\"<\/a> \"IMG_5553\"<\/a> \"IMG_5549\"<\/a>We ended up staying the night at the Deep Creek Beach Campground<\/a>, which is not much more than a gravel lot along the beach (and boat launch) lined with picnic tables and fire rings. But then again, what more do you need for camping on the beach?<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5567\"<\/a>The decision to not stay here the week came after we gave the town a tour. There was not much to speak of and the beach was littered with dead fish. As it turns out, that is the advertised practice; to leave the carcasses to rot on the beach (natural way and all). So we moved on…<\/p>\n

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… to Stariski State Recreation Area<\/a>. This campground was high up on a bluff overlooking the ocean and beach, but with no access to the beach. The foliage was intense with the camp sites snuggled deep into the wild flowers and cow parsnip.<\/p>\n

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We stayed only a single night here as well. Not due to dead fish, but the lack of anything to actually *do* here. Homer was only 30 miles down the road and a group was slated to gather there, so we moved on after a single night’s stay and met up with the group in Homer for some practice in socializing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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