Rest Day - Homer
Trip Start
Jun 28, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 19, 2008
Homer,
Alaska,
United States
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Weather: Partly Sunny and Cool
I'm finally making an entry on the actual day! I've been two days behind on my entries the entire trip.
The weather finally improved today. Warmer and the sun has come out for a while. Alex and I slept in until 0800. I got ant-cy and hopped on the bike and headed for the Spit. Alex wanted to veg for a while longer - fine.
Let me tell ya, the Homer Spit is a happing place. If the Kenai is Alaska's playground then the Homer Spit is it's merry-go-round. RVs, boats, tents, bikes, people and pets. It's a gold-rush version of Atlantic City. The Spit seems to be a mecca for the retired. There are plenty of 'younger folk' but the real spenders are people in the golden years of retirement. The years soon after retiring but not yet too old to manage getting out. It's like they have this drive to spend their money before they can't. I was pondering this whole affair (can you tell) as I plodded along behind huge RVs with indecisive drivers at the helm. My initial instinct was to become impatient and irritated but I didn't
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. It dawned on me that these folks had earned their big RVs. I could tell that most had worked hard all of their lives raised families sacrificing personal ambition. So who was I to get 'irritated'. I didn't. The Homer Spit is like a great spiritual funnel. Retired folks come from everywhere, and I mean everywhere, driving great distances at great expense collecting in Alaska coming together on the Kenai Peninsula. They then head out on to the Spit. Wow. Pretty cool they have the freedom to do it even if its only once. I'd like to think I had something to with this too. Anyhow, pull in the clutch, shift down and smile. Ain't America great! 
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Old Age
Now you know what Retirement is all about. Just wonderful. Love ya, Mom