Homer

Homer

Finally! We made it to Homer! Aaron and Justin went last year with Keith to help fix up a boat, but I was working. Homer is basically the end of the road. There is nothing but ocean, mountains, and glaciers past here. It's basically the only place in Alaska you can catch a Halibut from the shore. (Not that we had the right equipment or anything). I was super excited to see the legendary Homer spit. It's a natural sandbar that people built all these tourist trapping business's on. And we were double excited because the next day we were flying to Katmai National Park to see Kodiak Grizzly Bears! It only cost a fortune so we were hoping we would see them up close and personal as promised. ;)

The Homer Spit from above. It's really wild to drive down it and see ocean on all sides! We camped on the right side of the spit and it was so fun to hear waves crashing all night long.

All set up and ready to party

Good morning views!

We walked all over town and saw some beautiful float planes, tried some fishing (the guy next to us pulled in a huge King Salmon-we were so jealous even though we didn't have the right tags), saw the sealife center, and walked around the lighthouse and shops.

Lupine on the Lake

The Harbor

Fishing

The coast at the beginning of the spit (they had awesome bike trails to walk on)

Lighthouse

An otter at the sealife center

Walking on the beach

All the sea shells I collected

I've missing hearing the waves crash! We have the Cook Inlet that is only three miles from our house, but its mostly mud flats and we don't see waves like this. It was really fun. We stayed two nights.