Showing posts with label Alaska Beaches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alaska Beaches. Show all posts
Today I am excited to share our time in Homer, Bishop's Beach, and Homer Spit which was one of my favorite spots! Okay- ALL of Alaska spots we saw were a favorite. *smiles* This one just makes me smile... the song brings back so many memories and it seemed to "fit" this time on the trip well. I had a lot of time to think that day and it was so precious exploring this area!*smiles* You can find the video HERE (or watch right below) and the new channel by clicking HERE! Thanks for checking it out, commenting, and following along y'all! *smiles*
Happy Monday friends! I hope y'all have a wonderful day and start to this first full week of the new year!
PS- If you are curious about the specific details of the road trip that we took throughout Alaska or if you are planning a similar road trip (or just want to see and dream about visiting the beauty!) I hope the information below is helpful. You can read all of the posts from the trip by clicking on the links below:
Chugach Mountains: // Eklutna Lake//
Homer (Kenai Peninsula) Area: // Homer Video // Homer Spit // Homer Lighthouse// Bishop's Beach //
// A Brief History of Homer //
// A Brief History of Homer //
Thompson Pass Area: // Thompson Pass Area Video //
// Worthington Glacier Ridge Hike// Worthington Glacier//
// Among the Alaskan Fireweed on Alaska 4-S: A Beautiful Symbol for Hope in the Hard Seasons of Life// A Brief History of and Drive on Alaska 4-South of the Richardson Highway//
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Area: // Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge//
Today I am excited to share pictures from a bit of exploring that I did at Eklutna Lake. After I dropped my traveling companion off at the airport on Monday evening of our trip I stayed in Alaska a few more days to do some more exploring and research for my blog commitments. Originally I had planned on doing a bit more hiking on those days, but I found that I was honestly to tired from the prior days to do some strenuous hiking due to my health so I decided that I would spend the days exploring Anchorage and places near Anchorage.
But Tuesday morning was stunning and as I looked outside my hotel room from Anchorage and knew that those mountains were calling and I did have to go. *smiles*
In my research before the trip I kept coming across the beautiful pictures from Eklutna Lake (often times reading it was one of the most beautiful places to see) so I decided to head over there on Tuesday morning. Originally I was going to do the Thunderbird Falls trail (which I hope to do in the future!) but decided that I would make things simple and just explore around Eklutna Lake.
Tucked into the woods that is near the northern area of the lake, the campground offers access to the lake and beautiful views of the surrounding mountains. There are trails surrounding this area so if you were looking to hike you could do so, or choose to explore the beach, play in the water (it was chilly but refreshing *smiles*), picnic, kayak, or just walk along the beach and appreciate the beauty.
I chose to walk along the easy trail along the lake and then explore and walk along the beach. It was absolutely beautiful and relaxing y'all.
After parking my car I first chose to walk to the right and slowly meandered along the lake. It was stunning from every angle and it was just lovely.
After hitting the end of the beach area I headed "inside" and walked the trail back to my starting point.
It was quiet and after a very busy week I enjoyed the peace of just walking these trails in this area.
After arriving at my original starting spot, I decided to keep walking and headed about a mile more "north" of where I started (so to the left).
Eventually I decided to head back out on the beach area and it was beautiful and fun to see Eklutna Lake from this angle also.
The great thing about that trail was that it was really never more than a few feet from the lake, so anytime you wanted to you could honestly just decide to go back out to the beach area. The trail in this area is really flat and there were a couple of people who passed me bike riding which you could also easily do.
The lake is beautiful and is fed my snowmelt and glacial streams. Interestingly, the lake contributes more than 30 million gallons of water a year to Anchorage for drinking. It also is a contributed in producing 3% of the region's electricity!
Getting to Eklutna Lake campground is very easy (just exit the Glenn Highway at mile 26.5 at Eklutna and drive approximately 10 miles to the campground area).
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading about this beautiful place today! Happy Wednesday friends! I hope y'all have a wonderful day!
PS- If you are curious about the specific details of the road trip that we took throughout Alaska or if you are planning a similar road trip (or just want to see and dream about visiting the beauty!) I hope the information below is helpful. You can read all of the posts from the trip by clicking on the links below:
Chugach Mountains: // Eklutna Lake//
Girdwood: // Winner Creek Trail //
Homer (Kenai Peninsula) Area: // Homer Spit // Homer Lighthouse// Bishop's Beach //
// A Brief History of Homer //
// A Brief History of Homer //
Thompson Pass Area: // Thompson Pass Area Video //
// Worthington Glacier Ridge Hike// Worthington Glacier//
// Among the Alaskan Fireweed on Alaska 4-S: A Beautiful Symbol for Hope in the Hard Seasons of Life// A Brief History of and Drive on Alaska 4-South of the Richardson Highway//
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Area: // Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge//
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