Homer, Day 2

During Greg and Jenifer's stroll on the beach, they spotted an eagle that allowed them to get really close for some awesome pictures. 

 It is truly a beautiful place in which you can see wildlife in such a great setting.

 The next morning, they got up quite early for their halibut fishing charter. They left from this harbor around 7 a.m. and were fishing by 8 a.m.

 Greg caught his first fish within 2 minutes of dropping his line in the water! He was the first person on the boat to catch a fish! Being a little too self-assured, he released this first fish which actually turned out to be his largest catch of the day.

 Regulations on the chartered boats only allow you to keep one fish over 29 inches. You can also keep one under 29 inches.

 Jenifer fell into the same trap, quickly catching the second halibut on the boat. She also released it and it unfortunately turned out to be the largest fish she caught that day! If only I had been aboard to be the voice of reason for these two! Luckily, they still ended up with at least 15 pounds of fish fillets. Jenifer caught a total of three halibut and chose to keep this one.

 Jenifer caught the only Pacific cod of the day! It weighed around 10 pounds. She did keep this one.

 Greg caught a total of eight halibut and kept two. Here he is with a sculpin he caught. They both caught several of these fish as well as a few Irish Lords.

 They did have a great time and all 22 passengers aboard the Sizzler caught their limit. Next time, they decided they would charter for an all day trip that allows them to catch halibut and other species.

Tuesday's drive down to Homer

We left a little before noon to drive down to Homer. It was a beautiful day! Stopped for several pictures near Beluga Point.

Construction on the highway slowed us down a bit.

 Of course, we had to stop near Hope for more photos.

You see some of the bluest water down on the Kenai Peninsula.

Gorgeous!

 Check out the volcano hiding in the background of this one!

Finally rolled into Homer.

 Gorgeous flowers greeted us.

 Greg and Jen went out to walk along the beach after dinner. Hope they return with some great pictures. They should be able to get some super photos tomorrow as they have chartered a boat to go out fishing for halibut!

Jenifer arrives in Alaska!

Jenifer and I landed in Anchorage around 7:30 Sunday night. We got out and about for a quick tour of the city on Monday morning. One of our first stops was Campbell Creek Science Center.This sign was really applicable for this time of year but was amusing anyway.

We rode out to Earthquake Park where the entryway symbolizes the devastation of the Good Friday earthquake that occurred here in 1964.

 Alas, the only wildlife we spotted was this happy squirrel.

We made our way back downtown to take in the sights with Greg. We stopped for a pose in front of the log cabin visitor center.

 The flowers were certainly enjoying the long sunny days.

 Anchorage in the summertime is a flower paradise.

The trolley ride took us down to the Ulu Factory.

 We walked along Ship Creek and watched a few people fish for king salmon. No one had any luck while we were there.

 This sea gull stopped to pose for Jenifer. She took all the pictures on the blog today. Hopefully, she will get some more great photos tomorrow on our trip down to Homer.