On the road to Homer

June 22 was a travel day from Anchorage to Homer




Leaving Anchorage it was cloudy, but still a beautiful drive

June 22

Homer, place of "sweet cheeks and big butts"

Coming into Homer on a cloudy day, but a good view of the famous spit (the land area out in the water)

The famous "spit" can be seen even though it is a cloudy day

Taken when the tide was out. All the rocks are coverd with deep water when it is in. A glacier can be seen in the distance.

This was the one time I got to wear my mucklucks. It was a beautiful day for viewing sea life. As you can see from the jackets, it was a cool day






We went on a "nature hike" from the visitors center.
We walked down the beach at low tide and obsvered all the little creatures the tide leaves behind. We were instructed to go immediately when told to as when the tide comes in, this area is very deep.




We discovered all sorts of sea life left when the tide was out

Homer marina


The tall poles allow the piers to rise and fall with the tides





The catch of the day. We spend the evening vacuum sealing.....about 130 pounds in all

We saved out the cheeks, which are sort of cone shaped and fried them.



The pier floats with the tides, and when it is low the fish in the buckets have to be dragged up this ramp....really hard work.

The big halibut fishing trip. Larry caught the largest today at around 40 lbs. This is not extremely large for a halibut, but big for us TX folks


Click on the arrow for s short video




Time to go...............we loved Homer