Kilcher Homestead Beachfront Cabin
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Seasonal Harvesting of Wild Foods, Clam Digging,
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2000
About the owner: I am a native Alaskan, of Swiss descent. I was born and raised here on an Alaskan homestead and grew up much in the same lifestyle that I offer at my cabin. I feel that preserving this lifestyle and making it available to others has a huge educational and historic value. Plus I enjoy it! The entire cabin was built by ourselves and our friends. I enjoy working with wood and rocks and have done the interior design myself. I also enjoy sewing, participate in the local artistic community in 'wearable art', do some writing, historic photo archiving, and have performed my faith based music locally. Our family has a 'Living Museum' on the original family homestead which you can visit en route to the cabin. Throughout the summer I teach workshops in wild food harvesting, canning, jam making, smoking fish, mushroom gathering etc. Currently I am in the process of finishing my home which contains a large canning kitchen and multipurpose/activity room where I plan to continue my workshops. I have 4 grown children, a son and 3 daughters, and 5 grandchildren. They are all Alaskans at heart and still enjoy doing a lot of the same things we offer our guests. I also speak fluent German for any guests who may want to converse in their native tongue.
Why the Owner Chose Homer, AK, USA:
I purchased this property long before it had a cabin on it. My sisters and I used to walk the beach to bring the cows from our homestead up the Bay to the summer pastures. It was a 10 mile hike on foot before we even had horses to ride and now ATV's. It was a magical place where we always stopped to have a picnic lunch. We all planned for ways to own it someday, and one day I did! Then we built this cabin as a get-a-way while living in the city of Anchorage. It became a very special place we enjoyed sharing with our friends. Now we want to share it with you too!
The Unique Benefits at this Cabin:
Cabin is on 6 acres surrounded by State Park. It has a babbling creek to one side and sloping grassy hills on the other. The canyons are still magical canyons to hike in and explore after 60 years. The beach is just out the front door and is full of shells and driftwood. An Eagle family lives in our canyon just a few hundred feet from the cabin. They have nested here for over 15 years. You go to sleep and wake up to the sound of the surf and the wind and the songbirds. It is a very unique place. A place of peacefulness, listening to the sounds of nature, far away from the hectic life. You can see sea otters, seals, coyotes, moose, bear, and of course the ever present eagles.
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Photos
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log octagon beach cabin
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living room & front door
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aranging sofa-bed
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alder staircase
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view from living room
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picnic gazebo
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sleep cabin annex
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your hostess
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4 wheelin' down to the beach
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momma moose with twins
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a kayaking day
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hiking trail from bluff top
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upstairs loft bedroom
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living room
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wood-coal cookstove
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stairs to loft, landing
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front yard
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path to sleep cabin
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enjoying the hot tub!
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trail riders
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hike to nearby waterfall
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climbing the rocks!
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small saiing boat
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view from bluff top
VRBO #331615
This listing was first published here in 2010.
Date last modified - Thursday, September 15, 2016
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