Cook Inlet & Along The Way to Homer!

Anyone who's been to Anchorage knows what I'm about to say: that Cook Inlet is so beautiful it can definitely command awe-filled silence and take one's breath away:

I must also add, that these 2 photos were NOT taken by me.   They were taken by David Walsh and I am simply borrowing his artwork here.   I have posted them here b/c the drive south along the Inlet is 1-lane in each direction.   The Alaska Railroad runs along side the highway, between the highway and the inlet water.   I didn't want to risk snapping a photo and ending up either on the RR tracks or in the water.    There are pullovers along the highway, and on my way back on Monday I may take my own photos to replace these b/c that's what this blog is all about...my own story and my own photos.   No one else's ...except in this one rare instance.    

I'm at a Best Western hotel in Soldotna tonight.   Tomorrow I'll be in Homer....the end of The Ultimate Road Trip (to which I added several long segments of my own).    After my tour in Homer, I'll begin the long trip back to the Lower Forty-Eight.