At Home In Homer

So I camped out in Homer for the night at a campground tucked into a hillside. I went to sleep in the rain here....


...and awoke to this sight:


It's the Kachemak Bay:


What to do today? Since it’s not raining, only misting, I go for a jog on the Spit. Then head over to the Bear Creek Winery for some taste testing. They don’t grow grapes in these parts but they do grow berries and rhubarb. The rhubarb wine is the best. Like a sweet white zinfandel. Here are the lovely ladies of Bear Creek:


I check the paper and see there’s a “Sustainable Homer” forum going on at the Islands and Oceans Museum Center that I had just checked out. I go and am blown away by the people there. There must be 100 people by the time the first speaker begins. Everything from serious hippies in homemade clothing, to fishermen, to bikers, to millionaire businessmen (some of which are all the above). There’s lots of food and desserts and everybody is friendly. One of the speakers is the guy who owns the Chena Hot Springs that I visited back up near Fairbanks. He's talking about geothermal energy which you might think is boring. But he's so fired up and such a great, down-to-earth speaker that by the time he's done, I'm ready to drill for hot water. Good times.