June 17th - 18th - Homer

June 17th - Sun - to Homer
We got an early start, dumped our tanks and filled up with water at a service station and had a nice drive to Homer. We are staying on the Homer “Spit” - a long, narrow spit of land curving into Kachemak Bay. Apparently it is narrower than it was previously as it sank 4 to 6 feet during the 1964 earthquake.
The Spit is lined with shops and charter boat places so we went wandering, had lunch, took a nap break and then drove along a road on a bluff above Homer for amazing views of the town, Spit, water & mountains. We saw people fishing at the end of the Spit where there were clouds of seagulls floating on and diving into the water. They (the people!) were catching flounder and bass. Then we watched people fishing in a man-made “Fishing Hole” and catching salmon. Decided we would try fishing tomorrow.
Terry & I walked along the beach at 9:30 pm and collected agates. The sun was still way up in the sky.
Pat & Rick were visiting Dad in the hospital today and used their cell phone to call me so I could talk to Dad. He is in the surgical ward and seemed in good spirits even though he gets only ice chips to suck on. He starts on a liquid diet tomorrow.

June 18th - Mon - Homer
Larry & Terry tried the Fishing Hole this morning and I went along to supervise. Think we were a little late as the tide was quite far out - no luck.
We made reservations yesterday (using our coupon book) for a boat tour to Gull Island/Katchemak Bay and then have lunch at the Rookery Restaurant across Kachemak Bay. We left at noon with only 2 other “guests” on the boat. Circled Gull Island which is a nesting area for 7 species of gulls. Even with hundreds of gulls flying overhead and 7 people outside on the boat, no one was hit with any “gull missiles”. We saw some sea otters - much larger than any of us thought they would be.
We had a good lunch in an unexpectedly nice restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Very relaxing.
After the mandatory “nap time” when we got back, Terry & Larry went fishing again under my capable supervision. We saw several King salmon being caught but again no luck for us.
The weather here has been cooler with a breeze/wind most of the time. But only a bit of rain this morning so not too bad.