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A new port on my list as I had never been here. Not a difficult port as such, the dock is just around the corner from Cook Inlet and shielded to a certain extent from the currents. It is not shielded from the winds as the area is completely flat and open. It cannot be cozy over there in the winter time. *The Statendam arrived nice and early giving the guests some extra time ashore.* I always had the impression that Homer was a sleepy fishing town at the edge of the Gulf of Alaska. Today I saw a traffic jam caused by SUV’s and Pickup Trucks.* If you are into Pick-up trucks for a hobby then this is the place to be, I never saw so many variations in my whole life. All by owners who come here for the fishing. Rows and Rows of cars, pickup trucks and RV’s (from small ones to the big ones that set you back at least a $ 100,000 or more.) Basically the area is split up in two parts. I read it in the daily program and when I went ashore I understood why. There is Homer itself, laid back from the port and there is “the Spit†where all these fishing people gather. Holland America had of course its own tours going but there was a local shuttle service as well, in School buses. Another first in my life, I have never sat in an American school bus before and it directly puzzled me. Why are those back seats so high? I am 5’8’’ and I could just look over the rim of the seat in front of me.* The school bus – shuttle had two options, one called the hop on hop off which went around Homer itself and cost $ 15, — and the free shuttle to “the Spitâ€. As I wanted to know what all these parked cars were about, which I could see from the bridge, I hopped on the free shuttle and then found out about the fishing. “The Spit†is basically a tourist area […]
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A new port on my list as I had never been here. Not a difficult port as such, the dock is just around the corner from Cook Inlet and shielded to a certain extent from the currents. It is not shielded from the winds as the area is completely flat and open. It cannot be cozy over there in the winter time. *The Statendam arrived nice and early giving the guests some extra time ashore.* I always had the impression that Homer was a sleepy fishing town at the edge of the Gulf of Alaska. Today I saw a traffic jam caused by SUV’s and Pickup Trucks.* If you are into Pick-up trucks for a hobby then this is the place to be, I never saw so many variations in my whole life. All by owners who come here for the fishing. Rows and Rows of cars, pickup trucks and RV’s (from small ones to the big ones that set you back at least a $ 100,000 or more.) Basically the area is split up in two parts. I read it in the daily program and when I went ashore I understood why. There is Homer itself, laid back from the port and there is “the Spit†where all these fishing people gather. Holland America had of course its own tours going but there was a local shuttle service as well, in School buses. Another first in my life, I have never sat in an American school bus before and it directly puzzled me. Why are those back seats so high? I am 5’8’’ and I could just look over the rim of the seat in front of me.* The school bus – shuttle had two options, one called the hop on hop off which went around Homer itself and cost $ 15, — and the free shuttle to “the Spitâ€. As I wanted to know what all these parked cars were about, which I could see from the bridge, I hopped on the free shuttle and then found out about the fishing. “The Spit†is basically a tourist area […]
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