Up at 6am on the road by 7am heading to Zion National Park ($25 but we had our pass). Had breakfast from the food we had in the chilli bin in the car, sunscreened everything and took the shuttle bus from the visitors centre at just after 10am to the end stop 'Temple of Sinawava'. The trip there was dreadful because they were doing roadworks and what should have been 45 minutes took 2 hours, was about 34 deg and hotter on the bus. We drank a bottle of water, so glad to leave that vechile. Did the 'Riverside Walk' following [View Full Entry]

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June 12 2008 (2nd entry) As Aurora and Taiga were not to good we headed to Seldovia. Took about an hour. seldovia is further out in the Cook Inlet not accessiable by road "home of 307 friendly people and a few oldcrabs" that it the town slogan. We laughed as John was told off sternly by the severe looking woman harbour master (obviously on of the crabs!) for going to fast. had a lovely lunch at the Mad Fish. Walkedaround, people fishing off the bridge you could see all the salmon coming up as the river was so clear, just amazing. [View Full Entry]

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Friday June 13 2008 Drove to the condo to say our goodbyes to the girls - sad we have had such fun with the kids, Becky and Lisa and the food! Wine was pretty up there as well. John, Mike and I went on 'Mermite' (Johns boat - named by Tayla after mermaids and marmite) over to Halibit Cove lagoon. Stoppped at the trail head for a quick look then fished for salmon, none about. All the locals cant beleive it. Todd arrived in his water taxi and we followed him out of the lagoon. Stoppped and fished off 'righthand beach' [View Full Entry]

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June14th 2008 breakfast at the Mermaid cafe, cold and drizzling. Ate outside which was nice as inside so hot. Caught up on the blog. John picked us up and we headed for the Grass Hole at the Anchoe River. Weather not bad. We fished with salmon eggs from Mikes fish. As luck would have it Mike went to the ute as I hooked a salmon. So he got the video and recorded it for all time! Took ages to land and my arm got so sore, itwas a struggle, such a buzz! That zist zist sound as the fish takes even [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 15th June - Fathers Day (happy american fathers day Dad) Walked to Safeways for breakfast, did email. John collected us and we went to the Grass Hole at the Anchor River. No fish caught at all. We tried so hard. Went back to Smoke Wagon and had drinks with Todd and Melisa. Ate at Lands End. Mike had the best burger he has had so far. I had rockfish, very much like blue cod. [View Full Entry]

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Monday 16th June 2008 Did the washing at the laundry mart - had the most interesting conversation with a man who was a'tad odd' told us 'a robin wont feed 5 people' you learn something ever day! Sure passed the time while waiting on the washing chatting to him. Had a pet ferret and was covered in scratches. Walked to the P.O. and posted mermaid home. met John at the bank and went to the spit. Mike and John moved Mermite while I did a bit of shopping. Went to the Homer Brewing Company for lunch. tried a couple of beers [View Full Entry]

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Tuesday June 17th 2008 Beautiful sunny day in Homer, warmest yet as we pack up. Set out for Seward, stopped at Cooper Landing, Gwins Lodge for lunch at noon a log roadhouse, located at the Kenai and Russian rivers confluence. They fish for sockeye (red) salmon, getting to the other side of the river by barge. Huge rivers. On to Seward a beautiful town flanked by rugged mountains on Resurection Bay On July 4th people run up Mt Marathon and kind of skid down on the shale - mad. Went to the Exit Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park. John, [View Full Entry]

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June 18th - continued Our car was a Ford Focus, bright blue. When we landed in las Vegas we had to get a train from were you land to the place were you collect your luggage, then a bus to the car rental building. Was quite an easy process and we hit the road driving to Mesquite approx 100 miles on the straight highway 15. Desert as far as you can see. Both shattered after our all nighter. booked in at the Oasis Resort Casino. ($39 +taxes). It seems so luxurious. Slept untill 4.15. Went and did a bit of shopping, [View Full Entry]

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Thursday 5th June - Homer We woke up in our warm room at the Driftwood Inn rested, its nice not to have to pack up, all our shoes and clothes are dry. John has been held up, we were meeting at 9.30 but that gives us a chance to catch up. Overcast, warmish dry day. Got the boat from the Spit and took it up to Lisa's parents house (Romona and Todd) checked everthing was working. Down to the boat rampand got her in the water easily considering she is 25.5 foot long. Then Mike noticed one of the engines wasnt [View Full Entry]

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Friday June 6th - Homer John picked us up we helped him get the boat on the car. He has to take is 80 miles to get it fixed. We stayed on the Spit. Went to the Ferry Tours and met Sandy Rollins who had organised our trip on the ferry, enquired about leaving by ferry, but thats not going to work. Had lunch at Coalpoint scallops, oysters and salmon salad, we didnt realise how hungry we were and scoffed with wild glee! Mike bought a knife $13 ( now hes a real Alaskan, I already have an ulu, all Alaskans [View Full Entry]

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