Friday, June 18, 2010

June 16 & 17, 2010- Homer, Alaska

Wednesday, June 16, 2010, we left the Moose Lodge at Anchorage and moved south to Homer.  What a beautiful trip!—and what trips around Alaska aren’t beautiful.  As we left Anchorage we traveled around Turnagain Arm where the mountains rise up from the sea. 

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The mountains remain snow covered in most areas.  Leaving this area we stopped at the Visitor’s Center at Portage Glacier. 
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After watching a film about glaciers and looking at the exhibits we moved on traveling along rivers- Kenai, Russian- that are colored a milky turquoise from the glacial silt. 
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Just prior to entering Homer we stopped at a turnout to see a view of the area and the snow-covered mountains surrounding the water. 
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It was a rainy raw day.  We had planned to dry camp on the Homer Spit
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but decided because of the raw weather to stay at a campground with hook-ups.  So we stayed at Ocean View campground.

Thursday, June 17, 2010,  Tom and Larry got up early and went halibut fishing on a 6-pack boat.  Instead of 6 on the boat there were just Tom, Larry and one other fisherman along with the boat captain. 

From Alaska 2010-06-17
From Alaska 2010-06-17
Joanne and I had planned to go out for breakfast.  As Joanne was taking Sadie out the door to the 5th wheel was shut and automatically locked- Joanne and Sadie were locked out.   We tried various keys to open the lock to no avail so we put Sadie in our motorhome with Travis and the Joanne and I went out for breakfast and stopped at a few shops.  Larry and Tom returned with a bag apiece of halibut- 8 filets.  So our freezers are full of halibut.  Later we drove out a easterly road that rose high and overlooked the Homer area, another beautiful area,  and glaciers across the bay were seen. 
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We then went down to the spit for dinner. We saw several sea otters and seals in the water.   The weather has been a little of everything- clouds, sunshine, some showers and temperatures in the 50’s.  It is a cool summer for us.