Journey to Kodiak Island

We have been without internet for 2 or 3 weeks so we will try to catch up. Homer is a true tourist town. The Homer spit is a narrow strip that sticks out onto the bay for several miles lined with shops, restaurants, fishing charters, etc but eagles are sitting on buildings and snow covered mountains are accross the bay. Homer calls itself a quaint drinking village with a fishing problem. Kodiak Island is accross the gulf about 200+ miles and we left the RV in Homer, packed the bikes with camping gear and left on the ferry, Kennicott, at 2:am, getting on the elevator with other vehicles and being lowered into the car deck, looked for a place to put the bikes and had to dodge a semi that almost got too close. The Kennicott is like no ferry that we were expecting and we went up the stairs to carpet, movie theater, gift shop, cafeteria, and observation decks with a cruise ship air to our tiny bunkroom-6by 8- for a little sleep. Departed about 5:30 am and got to Kodiak ablut 1:30 pm. Kodiak has no interest in tourists, with few restaurants or shops, and is primarily a commercial fishing port- largest in US- that supports a fish canning industry but is home to the largest brown bears in the world, a fact not personally verified, because the bears are a long way from town and flights to see them cost over $500 each. The island is the 2nd largest in the US and is mostly a wildlife refuge with lots of mountains and a rugged rocky coast with some black sand beaches, like Homer. We petaled about 5 miles from town and camped at Fort Abercrombie State Park-primitive camping- which used to be a WW II base with old bunkers and it was cold but we had fires to keep us warm. We took a great fishing trip and caught over 500# fish- shipped some home- and saw whales, sea lions and over 100 sea otters in one place hanging out in a kelp bed -cute critters. Came back home after 4 days on the Tustamena which was much smaller, not as nice and slept on a semi enclosed deck on our sleeping bags just like the locals travel and got back to Homer on time about 9am. Kodiak is beautiful-lots of eagles- and a long way from Forsyth. The coast is jagged with cliffs rising over 100 ft above the water and we hiked some scenic trails, enjoying every bit but about ready to start for home. Denali is the next stop.