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4786 Homer Spit Rd. Homer, Alaska, United States, 99603, 907-235-0400
We had a yummy breakfast at the Resurrection Roadhouse and proceeded to the Iditaride. The Iditaride excursion consisted of a visit to Mitch Seevey's sled dogs and a ride on a metal wagon/sled pulled by them. Apparently, the dogs are trained during the summer by lugging tourists around in a 500 pound wagon. Our driver was very cool, sarcastic, and knowledgeable. He will be racing in the Iditarod for the first time in 2011. After the ride we got to hang out with some of the retired dogs and ad...
Homer, Alaska, United States caren4242It's Friday morning as we begin our journey with, of course, a hearty breakfast of cheese omelets, gooey cinnamon buns, biscuits and gravy, yogurt, fresh fruit, bagels and juices (which comes with the price of our hotel room). It's rather cold and rainy this morning as we headed out on the road to our next destination of Homer, AK, the halibut fishing capital of the world. Our first stop, mentioned in our "bible" The Milepost, which has proven to be a very valuable tool for locating anything ...
Homer, Alaska, United States cincyIt's Saturday morning and Ady has decided she wants to update our blog, because we were a wee bit late with posting it to the website. We also had a little glitch last night with the resort's wi-fi. The balance of the group went to the Sourdough Bakery for breakfast while she worked on the site. Breakfast was mediocre at best. All organic - which wasn't bad - but the service was lousy and slow. We went back to pick up Ady to begin our day trip across the Kachemak Bay to Gull Island and Halibu...
Homer, Alaska, United States cincy Our bear viewing got weathered out. Concern that if we made it in we might not get back, so the pilot cancelled.
We changed our plans to have drinks at the Salty Dog. Then we took a 45 minute ferry to Halibut Cove to eat at the Saltry (a 5 star restaurant). Some of us liked it, some of us didn't (the only meat they had was buffalo). We all enjoyed the experience.

... Halibut Derby is an annual event, running from May 1 to September 30 each year. Tickets are $10. The fisherman who catches the heaviest halibut wins thousands. The jackpot for the largest fish is made up of $2.50 of every ticket sold. Last year's winner took home a little over $45,000 with his 348 pound monster.
Each year numerous businesses sponsor a tagged fish that is worth a designated cash value if caught by ...
... We visited Kenai, a small city to see the Church. It rained on our way to Homer. Just before we arrived at Homer, at the hilltop overlooking homer spit, this place offered a spectacular view of the glaciers! There're two telescope that enabled us to see the ship on the sea and car on the spit, not to mention the ice/snow on the glacier.
The B&B was very ...
... girlie girl and not the rugged type at all but sure enough she bought an airplane ticket into anchorage that arrived an hour before mine. My friend Walt was all set up to pick us up from the airport so all plans were a go upon my arrival into anchorage. Unfortunately when I landed and got my bag, neither the girl nor my ride were anywhere in site. How hard is it to pick up a brother from the airport? Jesus man this trip is just never going to end........
Homer, Alaska, United States nealinthailand... some of the smaller towns that I didn't get to drop into, and head up north for a bit. I think getting up near the arctic circle would be fun, maybe see a polar bear. I do hope to be back, but realistically I know that it won't be for years. I hope this has been fun for people to read and see, it's been a fun way for me to keep up with my trip. I will probably post one or two more times as I'll have little to do in Anchorage before flying home.
Homer, Alaska, United States jumpintb... doesnt bother me though and i have no trouble passing out and sleeping after my 16 hours of work. speaking of work......well it is what it is and what it shall be and what it was. in other words im friggin dead tired and exhausted almost my entire waking day. oh well poor baby right? ive found that my diet consists of cheeseburgers and pain killers.....standing on your feet for 18 hours is a ...
Homer, United States nealinthailand... and i havent smoked marijuana in about 8 years but i am having this unusual urge to just get goofy. kinda weird for me because its not my thing but when the urge hits you, you may as well go with it i suppose. ive decided that i am completely useless when it comes to reading signs from girls. they really need to just figure out what they want and then sit down and tell me in clear english, preferably while speaking slowly.
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