Blogs from Homer, Alaska, United States, North America - page 4

We headed into town to check out the local farmer's market. We had gone on Wednesday, but today there were four times as many vendors. Since we are from San Antonio, it's always fun to taste salsa in other parts of the country. Joe found one today that almost made him cry it was so hot. Needless to say I didn't try it. Yep, I am a woos. After the farmer's market we headed back towards the RV park where the city was having a street fair. Again, a lot of great vendors. This afternoon we took the dogs for a walk across the street to the high school football field. They were very excited to be off their leashes and running free for awhile. A quiet dinner at home and a relaxing evening ended our ... read more

Our last full day in Seward we spent at the Ocean Sea Life Museum, and walked the bike path along the ocean. Homer is a small fascinating place, mostly known for its fishing charters, restaurants, and artists shops and galleries on "the Spit," a long narrow piece of land jutting out into the Katchemak Bay and Gulf of Alaska. We have explored both in trucks and on foot. Ron and Joe were to go halibut fishing this morning, but were cancelled due to 25 knots of wind and 7' waves. Carolyn joined Joe and Cindy at the Pratt Museum, then finding art and lunch in "old town" Homer, down by Bishop Beach. At the Museum, we met a guide who was from Portland, Maine, and had gone to college at Bowden. He then said that now ... read more

Seward to Homer was the trip for the day. Again the scenery was spectacular. The guys booked their fishing trip, so now we will see how much halibut we can add to our fishing collection. We have a great ocean view from our front door. A week here will be awesome. Around 8:00 pm there were several people gathered outside obviously looking at something. It was the biggest eagle we had ever seen. Joe grabbed the camera and got some great shots. So many we had to post more than just a few pictures of him.... read more

Wrote this 2 days ago but just getting around to posting. Sorry! I know you've been waiting with bated breath to know what we've been up to....It's 11:00 pm and really bright out, like noon time in NJ, on a sunny day. I guess that's how it's been since we got to Alaska with its 22 hours of daylight but since it's also the first day it didn't rain and the sun was out, I'm more aware of the brightness and it's harder to fall asleep. So instead I'll write an update. We started the day with a hike to the base of Exit Glacier. We were in touching distance of this glacier and once again saw both its blue majesty and its rapidly shrinking size. Signs on the hiking trail to its current base, showed ... read more

The SeaLife Center in Seward is extraordinary. Aside from rich informational displays about marine wildlife in Alaska and various educational movies, they have live rehabbed sea lions, birds, and right now had two rescued walrus youngsters. First some marine facts to enrich your day: · Alaska’s coastline stretches nearly 45,000 miles. It is bordered by two oceans, three seas, and the Gulf of Alaska. · Russia and Alaska are only 53 miles apart. The Bering Sea is bordered by Russia, Alaska’s mainland, the Aleutian Islands, and the Commander Islands. At the northernmost part lies the Bering Strait where Russia and Alaska almost touch. · The Bering Sea covers over 885,000 square miles – almost twice the size of Alaska · Over half the fish and shellfish caught in U.S. waters comes from the Bering Sea · ... read more