Some Tidbits from ALASKA

day last week we decided to take Sophie for a walk on the beach. She has not been that excited to go swimming , but on this particular day she ran right in to the cold water. She was having lots of fun!

   

We decided to walk out on a "peninsula" aka sand bar.

This was against my better judgement as the tide appeared to be coming in, but Dave thought it would be ok! Well after about 5 minutes we turned to go back. HMMMMM my dilemma was do I walk through the water with my shoes on or take the time to take my shoes off. I chose the latter and lucky for us it was only knee deep by the time we got across, but by the time we got back up to our truck....it had totally filled in the area where we had been walking. This resulted in almost getting grounded again! Good times.

Another thing we attended in Homer was the Scottish Highland games! These were fun to watch and cheer on the people! There were Pipers there but not as good as Ethan and Aldwin!

It was fun to see all the guys in kilts! 

Another big thing in Homer has been the Eagles! We love them, We found a place that they are nesting just before you get to the spit and we try to check on them! following are some of the better pictures of the eagles I have been taking near the campground. They love to pose!

Spectacular birds!

Sophie doesn't see them but chases the seagulls wherever she sees them

We have also been following the

flowers in the gardens and on the sides of roads , they are truly beautiful!

 Some random pics, a sunrise, the fishing hole during snagging, flowers eagles mountain views! The next few days are our last in Homer. We leave on July 1 and heading to Anchorage and beyond! We are having a great time and finally feel relaxed. Expect some company in the next few days! Cindy! Gary! Sarah!
Joanne is coming over the 4th of July and then Kathy in August and Korin Brian and Gavin! Wow its gonna be some fun times! Thats it for today!

Fathers day Pizza

Dave went fishing with Bud and John 

Dog Day Afternoons

Dog day afternoon! We were just taking a ride and saw a nice path for dog
walking. By the way the street was poopdeck street. I'm not kidding ,you could google it! We were walking on this beautiful path lined with lupine, I really wish you could smell it , anyway we kept thinking we would see a bear or come across a bull moose but instead we came across two young guys smoking pot in the woods! Yep you can smoke it you just can't buy or sell it. I was thinking that I hoped the wild animals don't get too stoned! Ha ha . We decided to get off the path as it was going deeper into the forest, so we diverted our walk to a road. Well we woke up every dog in the neighborhood and they all came running out to sniff Sophie , I think she must have been thinking how can we get out of here! There were at least 4 that came right up to her and about 10 more that wanted to! There are laws against that in CT but this is Alaska!
No moose no bears today just dogs!

We also had quite a scare earlier at the campground ! They were testing the emergency warning horns! Oh goodness jumped outta my skin!

We have really relaxed a lot this week although Sunday we took a ferry to Seldovia. It was interesting but a bit boring, not much to do so we walked and walked.

Our neighbors gave us fresh halibut last night! It was awesome!

Just really relaxing here in Homer! Waiting on some visitors the next few weeks!

More later......

 a little house in homer

 the eagles of homer

 the halibut ...YUMMMMMMMMY

 eagles in the homer spit campground

 the russian orthodox church in Seldovia

 a beautiful path for a walk!

gardens in Seldovia

 a funny sign in Seldovia

the ferry ride/view

Living on the road

A few weeks ago when we were in a provincial park in Canada, a couple walked by our coach and I overheard them talking about it. " That's not camping " she said. I kept my cool and didn't say anything. What many people do not realize is, we are NOT camping! We are living in a motor home.
That being said, there are many things to do and see here in Alaska and we will see and do a lot of them, BUT, a lot of our days  are filled with normal things such as bills, cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping and other errands of life.

The way we do some of these things takes longer than it would take if we were in a house! I finally tackled using the washer/dryer combo in the coach, but wow that takes time and some patience as it is small. 2 pair of jeans and a few small items could take a morning..but I'm getting better about doing smaller washes so I don't have to spend a fortune at the laundromat!

Anyway we are in Homer Alaska and enjoying the wildlife, the air, and the water. We try to pick out one or two things a week to go to . Yesterday we took a long drive and went to Skilak Lake. We packed a lunch and took Sophie. It was very pretty and almost deserted! We saw a moose on our way back into Homer. We both agree its nice to be parked for a while instead of driving every day!

We may go on a halibut fishing trip or to Seldovia later in the week on the ferry. It's been cool, but the warm up is supposed to come later in the week. In the mean time we will just go about doing the normal things in life and take lots of walks down to the marina. It's a bustling fishing town and there is always something going on! Also the campground is filling up so lots more people to talk to and meet. The eagles of Homer have been hanging out with us all day today!

Retired and life on the road.....more to come.