Blogs from Homer, Alaska, United States, North America - page 11

Thursday August 9, 3007 Another sunny clear day and as we traveled down the road we saw even better views of the Volcanoes so we stopped at a roadside pulloff and took more photos. While we were waiting for clouds to pass the peaks we talked with a group of men from Louisiana on a church mission trip and a woman from Poland who was bicycling from Anchorage to Homer. We stopped at an old Russian fishing village named Ninichek. It was supposed to be photogenic and it was. Homer is on the “halibut fishing capitol of the world”. It is on the southwestern coast of Alaska on the Kakamak Bay. It has close proximity to the Gulf of Alaska. It’s famous for “the spit”, a long narrow piece of land that juts into the bay. ... read more

HELLO FROM ALASKA, WELL, DWIGHT AND I HAVE BEEN DOWN SINCE ARDITH, BEAU, CARLETON AND BREANN LEFT US. WE WERE NOT HAPPY PEOPLE FOR A FEW DAYS. WE REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME WHILE THEY WERE HERE AND SAW SOME AWESOME THINGS. I THINK THEY REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME. WHILE ARDITH WAS HERE SHE DID THE BLOGGING. NOW I GUESS IT IS LEFT UP TO ME. WE LEFT ANCHORAGE AND WENT TO A PARK ON THE RUSSIAN RIVER. THE SALMON HAD STARTED RUNNING THERE AND DWIGHT WANTED TO TRY HIS LUCK WITH THEM. WHEN WE GOT THERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD RIDE DOWN AND SEE WHERE AND WHEN HE COULD FISH. THEY HAVE SO MANY RULES HERE ABOUT FISHING YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WELL------- THEY WERE ALREADY FISHING AND YOU SHOULD HAVE ... read more

HELLO TO ALL IN GEORGIA, WOW!!!! I JUST LOOKED AND THE LAST TIME I WROTE WAS OVER A WEEK AGO. A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. HOPE I DON'T FORGET ANYTHING AND CAN CATCH YOU UP ON THIS ADVENTURE. WHEN WE LEFT TOK ALASKA WE WENT TO VALDEZ. THE DRIVE INTO VALDEZ WAS JUST BREATHTAKING. THE MOUNTAINS AND YES, THE SNOW. THE WATER FALLS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. THE DRIVE WAS AWSOME!!! IT WAS COLD IN VALDEZ. IT IS JUST A SMALL FISHING VILLAGE THAT IS REALLY STILL ASLEEP. NOW MUCH OPEN THERE. I THINK BY THE END OF MAY EVERYTHING WILL BE ROCKING. SOME OF THE CAMPGROUNDS WERE NOT OPEN AND THEIR WATER STILL FROZEN. WE STAYED IN VALDEZ FOR 2 DAYS. DWIGHT WENT TO A FLY IN AT THE LITTLE AIRPORT. HE HAD A ... read more

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Dave even said so. But, alas, our travels are over for a bit. After 24 hours of airplanes/airports, a day and a half in Anchorage (thanks Nick and Jess!!!) and a 4-hour drive, we arrived back home to our wee little house. Our lovely little four-legged friends who live with us are back too. The house looked great and all seemed well. We're still working on getting unpacked and getting the road cleared of snow, and it's COLD! Only 3 degrees with -15 degree windchill as I write this, fortunately all toasty warm inside with a cup of good REAL coffee (sorry, Nescafé). But nonetheless, we are happy to be home. Home Sweet Homer. Thanks to you all for reading and following our travels. Until next time, Kevyn and Dave (who still really like each other) ... read more

Today is thursday, and I have been working my way through the long list of things to do before I leave on Tuesday morning. I have a list for the business, a list for home, a list for packing, a list for logistics, and a list for everything else. There is an amazing amount of work to do before levaing the country for 3 weeks! Anyway, I have a lot of it done, and am starting to relax a little, as it looks like I will finish everything in time. Sharon is going to have her hands full here at home with Sam and Blaise, and sometimes Sophie and Hailey, but I know they will all be fine. I have done what I can to make things go well while I am gone. So, I think ... read more