Aretha Franklin speaks to the crowd at the dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. At right Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, and President Barack Obama The memorial opened to visitors before its planned dedication, with visiting hours on August 22â25, 2011.
Kachemak Bay is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula.
The End of the Road and Beyond. The appeal is its location and surroundings. Set near the western end of the Kenai Peninsula, Homer is about 230 miles by road from Anchorage (but only 20 minutes by air). During the summer, activities center around the Homer Spit, a gravel spit that juts five miles out into Kachemak Bay.