Epic Homer

What a beautiful place, Homer Alaska. Grand mountains, volcanoes, glaciers, water water everywhere. George and Mare have a piece of land here... and the view of Homer is what convinced them to move to Alaska almost 20 years ago... I totally get it! We're staying at the Ocean House Inn, right on the water, with magnificent views of the mountains and water...



The hot tub is right outside our door...




The view from the hot tub...



The end of the road on the Homer Spit......




The Spit is where it's happening in Homer as far as tourism goes. The narrow strip of land/sand (maybe 150 yards wide) juts out into the bay for over a mile. The weather has been so beautiful while we've been here, the beaches along the spit are full of campers, RV's, tents, dogs... the signs of summer in Alaska. We're told a run of nice, clear days like this is very unusual... confirming Jan's and my claim of having good weather karma when we travel. There are shops and restaurants galore on the spit, as well as fishing and bear sighting flightseeing tours, and mooring and docking of deep water boats on one side. Homer is considered the Halibut capital of the world.

And Homer has a very nice, recently remodeled hospital that Jan and I can attest to since we spent most of our second day here getting me diagnosed and treated for a nasty case of bronchitis. Everybody we've met and dealt with here in Alaska has been very friendly, and seemingly very happy... what's not to like about this incredible place?!

We've seen quite a bit of wildlife, and have been surprised at how many bald eagles there are here. Probably our best wildlife sighting has been a huge bald eagle's nest in a dead tree with 2 young eagles ready to leave the next any hour now it seems... dad was hanging out in the nest today with the 'kids' standing on the edge of the nest looking with some trepidation out into the world, ready to take that first flight... it appeared dad was going to give them a shove if they didn't go for it soon! :) Oh, the location of this nest and these magnificent birds? Across the street from McDonalds in Homer!

Supersize that?