Heritage Hotel Lodge Homer

Friday, August 14 - Homer, Alaska - Day 3 of 3<br><br>Art left early this morning for a halibut fishing trip with Silver Fox charters. Ten Gulfstreamers braved the damp conditions: Les Potteiger, Richard Raikes, Kay Dunn, Don Skinner, Bob Combs, Ron and Hazel Riffel, John Lester, Don Barker and Art. They split up on two boats to fish the Cook Inlet with Captain Peter Karwowski on the Sorceress, a 30 ...

... hostess warm, we cooked our dinner in the large kitchen, enjoyed the view at the living room. Before bed, we took a drive to the spit. A lot of cars on the street, but few people on the street. I heard from somewhere (I forgot) that these people who drove cars there were on boats. It's 11 p.m. but sun still shone on us. My body couldn't adjust to it. So I felt dizzy.<br>

... idiot" factor would be greatly reduced. <br><br>On a very bright note, I will be taking a week off here pretty soon to fly back to the midwest to go see my phish shows and the family. I'm really looking forward to the break and it makes me feel good to know that when I come back from it, the summer is half over. its been many a year since i had a chance to see phish and i'm downright giddy about the whole undertaking......i have truly missed live music.<br><br><br><br><br><br>

... They were very PESTY, and they wouldn't leave us until we reached our destination of Halibut Cove. Halibut Cove is a very small community with about 200 residents during the high season, with only 20 staying through the winter months. This artsy community had one restaurant, The Saltry Restaurant, and a few art galleries. The shops had some very nice things. We met one of the artists, Diana Tillion, whose art works ...

... jeal*us when they came back with pictures *f a c*uple *f *tter fl*ats (these being large gr*ups *f *tters all fl*ating t*gether in a s*cial gr*up). Every time I've ever seen *tters, and I have seen a l*t, they are al*ne and just kinda b*bbing in the water. One *f the things that I've wanted t* d* f*r years up here is g* bear viewing *ver in Katmai nati*nal park. Ab*ut an h*ur's flight fr*m H*mer is Katmai which has the largest br*wn bear p*pulati*n ...

... of tourist-type businesses. We checked in to get the final details with the bear guide service we're going with tomorrow. We will be taking a float plane across those rugged snow-capped mountains about 1 ½ hours away. Then Scott talked me into scheduling a halibut fishing trip for Thursday. I guess we're going to squeeze every bit of fun out of this trip. By then it was dinner time so we stopped at a place that said Mexican and ...

... Add to that the fact that I only work for a few months a year and they automatically assume that I'm a drug runner or human trafficker. "so you only work for 3 months?" "yes" "what do you do?" "I cook at a resort." "what kind of job lets you only work for 3 months and then leave?" "its Alaska, it's all seasonal" "and you make enough money in 3 months?" "yes" "how is that possible? I couldn't do that" "well that's what I do, sorry ...

... move would be in my best interest and safety. im in the middle of wrapping things up and doing some last minute shopping for the little things....like good toothpaste lol. its fun to get ready and plan but it also makes the waiting that much worse. people always give me **** because I'm so tired, both physically and mentally from the double job/16 hour days. they think that because i have a lot of the year off that i somehow ...

... you can actually walk up to. It's a bit of a hike; so don't believe it when the sign says .6 miles to the glacier. It's more like 2 miles to do the look, which will take you past the glacier and out to the glacier flow and runoff. Not to mention you need proper footwear, which they don't warn you about. They say it's a paved walk from the parking lot. Also a lie, it is for the .6 miles then it's another mile and a half of shale, glacier creek crossing and ...

... it was last year and the few good looking girls that are at my work are all still in high school for gods sake. why cant we have hot servers to oggle over instead of yes count them 4 gay and one lesbian.....what the **** is with that? apparantly one of them has quite the crush on me which is pretty funny and disturbing at the same time. i think ill have to pass on that whole oppurtunity. im doing my best to get a plane ticket back to chicago to see the family and friends but man ...