Seldovia is a city in Kenai Peninsula with a population of 255 at the 2010 census. It is located along Kachemak Bay southwest of Homer. There is no road system connecting the town to other communities, so all travel to Seldovia is by airplane or boat.
The Alaska Native people ( Aleut and Alutiiq ) of Seldovia make up approximately 1/4 of the population.
We arrived at the ferry terminal at Homer Spit for a 1100 departure. It is only a 45 minute ride across the Kachemak Bay on this beautiful sunny day. After about 30 minutes the Capt announced there was a humpback whale on our starboard side, and sure enough. We were a good distance from it but we could see its tail as it submerged. Real kool, but we are hoping to see some more whales somewhere on this journey.
Once at Seldovia, we only have 4 hours till we have to catch the boat back to Homer. We headed to Lookout Point, as Ann Marie was told there are a couple of beaches that may have sea glass on them. On the west side of town is the “Historic Boardwalk” that we will visit after the beach.
We walked past an Orthordox Church on the hill, one artist shop, a couple of restaurants and some homes. There were wooden chainsaw carvings depicting the Aleut native theme of all over town, in parks, front yards, and porches. There were children playing in “Central Park”, and the locals were very friendly, each saying good morning to us as we strolled by. In fact, one old guy said hello and told that the blueberries were not ready to be picked yet, due to lack of rain and a cooler than normal summer. I guess blueberry picking is a big thing here.
After 1/2 mile, the paved road road turned to dirt as it wound down to Lookout Point, a tall rock outcropping into the sea overlooking the harbor. There are two very rocky and small beaches, one on each side of Lookout Point. We both commenced the sea glass strut, hands behind back, chin to chest, and eyes scanning for the elusive looking glass. I quickly spotted a green piece of glass, and then Ann Marie found one, the adrenaline was flowing! We found more pieces of sea glass at these beaches in a short amount of time, that it was recorded setting! After some time and filling a zippy bag with our finding, we headed off and had a good lunch.
As a side note, I’m ready for football season to start. If finding sea glass is exciting, I need a 12 pack and football game to get re-calibrated.
We still had about 20 minutes left, so we toured the “Historic Boardwalk”. The smallest, quietest, and quaint group of buildings, built on stilts, in the bay. We walked around and then headed down to the harbor, boarded the boat for our ride back to the “Spit”.
Seldovia was entertaining and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit there.
beach glass is awesome ,but it’s becoming scarce due to people not tossing glass bottles in the ocean and the use of plastic,
there will be more whale sightings if you don’t push away from the table sooner