We had a late start on our sixth full day but eventually we packed up the RV and headed out of Seward. Before leaving the town completely we made a quick stop past Exit Glacier. This is the only glacier that you can drive up to in Kenai Fjords National Park. From the parking lot it’s a pretty quick hike up to the face of the glacier. I wish we would have had extra time and energy to climb higher up the trail to the Harding Icefield, but we got within 10 or 20 yards of the glacier.

From there we continued driving north toward the Sterling Highway. From there we took the Sterling Highway back south toward the town of Homer. This wasn’t a full planned out day, but since we gained an extra day on our trip we decided to make the most of it. We spotted a grizzly along the drive and pulled over to get a better view. The bear was just on the other side of small river eating a salmon that it had recently caught. I was so happy to have finally saw a bear from fairly close, close enough!

The rest of the drive down to Homer was very pretty, as we paralleled the sea for most of it. We had a wonderful lunch along the way in Soldotna at the St. Elias Brewing Company. Once in Homer, we immediately headed for the Homer Spit, which is a four and a half mile strip of land that juts out into Kachemak Bay. We found a great spot to park the RV for the night and explored the town. I will admit that there isn’t much to do in Homer, essentially it is a fishing village that is famous for their halibut. But the scenery is amazing and it was a very nice place to spend our last night in Alaska.

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