Yesterday's post was of the boat harbor at Seldovia, Alaska. Since the town is only accessed by boat, once you arrive at the harbor, you walk through this gateway to enter town. This view is of the harbor through the gate. I noticed quite a lot of carved wood items in the town, so I suspect there is a wood artist there locally. This gateway shows a sea otter and a whale, both creatures we had seen from the boat on the way across the bay from Homer. 8/25/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotography.com
This is a small section of the boat harbor at the entrance to Seldovia, Alaska. It has a fairly large harbor for the size settlement it is, as the only way to get there is by boat. In addition to the pleasure and fishing boats, any tour boats and the ferry dock here upon arrival. 8/24/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotograpy.com
These houses on stilts were in Seldovia, Alaska. The garden in yesterday's post was from this town on the edge of Kachemak Bay, part of Cook Inlet. The reason the houses are on stilts, is that there are huge fluctuation in tide levels, sometimes as much as 25 feet! Seldovia was once the primary fishing port on the Kenai Peninsula, and was a bustling and busy place, despite being reached only by boat. Once the Sterling Highway was built from Anchorage to Homer, the fishing industry shifted to Homer, with road access to "civilization". The population of Seldovia is perhaps half of what it was in 1950. It depends more on tourist trade than in the past, with a ferry that departs Homer regularly, about a 45 minute trip to Seldovia. 8/23/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotography.com
