Major pedal power October 7, 2015 1:26 pm Tags: Clarion, Local News Marite Perez poses in front of the Alaska flag at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center last Friday. Perez, 44, of Merida, Venezuela, biked into Homer last week after biking 1,600 miles from San Francisco, Calif. Perez did part of her trip on the Alaska ferry from Bellingham, Wash., to Haines. She started on June 21. “Alaska is incredible. It is magnetic, totally,” Perez said, “On this trip I’ve been meeting the most incredible people.” In Venezuela, Perez works as a hiking guide, taking people on treks into the rain forests.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News Tags: Clarion, Local News