Day 8 - Over 4400 kms

Well it is already day 8 and we have rode 4400 kms. Cant believe our holiday is half over, but we still have lots to see. Each day there are new and exciting adventures. We left our little cabin in the woods at Hope and travelled to Homer, Alaska. The weather was a little better today, cloudy and cool, but not raining. We rode down to Clam Gulch and watched as local people went clam digging. Then as we carried on down the highway we passed more people fishing for Pink and Red Salmon. Talked to a guy who says they can catch 45 fish per household and he figured he would have his limit that day. They pole net them from the river. Just before we entered the town of Homer, we stopped to rest and met 2 guys who have been on the road for 6 months from the southern states. They bought us a beer and we had lots more stories and laughs. We decided to camp again as the weather let up a bit and chose a campsite directly on the beach and had a fire in the rocks. We listened to the waves all night and were worried as the tide line of seaweed was only about a foot from our tents. We also had to visit a local bar called the Salty Dog which was in an old lighthouse at the end of the spit. Then we looked around and saw our friends from the ferry come in so had drinks with them and went out to a seafood supper with them, Tim and Kathy from Arkansas.They came back to our fire with us for a visit. To top off our day we watched a bald eagle and another larger brown bird similar to an extra large hawk soar over the ocean and collected shells on the beach.