Rainy Day Museum #1

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature
He finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
John Muir, Nature Writer
(From a panel at the Islands & Ocean VC)

Another rainy day in Homer. A day of steady rain. A good day to visit museums.

Our first stop was at the Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center in the area of Homer referred to as the Bypass. It serves as the VC for the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, which includes remote places such as the Aleutian Chain, the Pribilof Islands, and more. It’s a refuge that the US Fish & Wildlife Service website describes as “Thousands of Islands, Millions of Birds.”

Despite the rain, we took a short stroll down to the Beluga Slough before going inside the VC to check out the indoor exhibits … a replica of a Bering sea bird rookery, murals, Aleutian artifacts, a field camp, and a real-time tide gauge.

Interesting … well worth the visit.Read more