Homer May 24, 2011

Homer, Alaska- May 24, 2011-  Today was fabulous!  We headed out to pick up our fish that we caught yesterday it has been processed, vacuum packed and flash frozen.  We brought it back to the trailer and packed it in the freezer.  We are very creative in the repacking process of our freezer.  If you read a few blogs before this one, I had David cook several meals ahead.  I didn’t plan on catching all this fish.  We have so many meals ahead, I can’t count them all. This will fall under our 20 minute meal plan.  That is: it takes 20 minutes to eat it, so it should only take 20 minutes to cook it.  Anyway, we were happy as it all fit in our freezer.  We decided to go Claming.  We’re not sure about this but someone told Jerry to look for a dimple in the sand and dig fast and deep.  We all tried what they said but we came up empty handed.  David got to try out his trucks' 4 wheel drive on the beach and it worked out great.  We’re now heading back to the campgrounds and Reva and I are planning our dinner on our way home.  We decided on baked Halibut, baked potato, salad, and corn bread.  We stopped at Anchor Point.  This place is a rural community with the tranquility of “Real Alaska”.  You can look across Cook Inlet and see Mt. Iliamna, Mt. Redoubt, and Mt. Augustine Island and they are active volcanoes.  Mt. Augustine last erupted in November 2006.  We were told on a clear day you can see smoke coming out the top.  Also Anchor Point is known for being the North Americas’ most Westerly highway.  You can fly or take a boat but you can’t drive.    FYI:    They have a Motorcycle run from Key West Florida to Anchor Point, Alaska every year!  What a ride!!     We stopped at Deep Creek and I was flabbergasted as to how many Eagles there are, I'm pretty sure they are no longer on the endangered species list.   

We continued to head for the campgrounds and we’re about 40 miles away.  Between Anchor Point and our campgrounds we saw 7 moose and a baby.  I can’t tell you how many Eagles we have seen, somewhere between 50-75.   No matter what, I have never seen so many moose or eagles in any given day.  David did an amazing job cooking our fish and we're now relaxing and looking at the beautiful Kachemak Bay.  It’s a bit windy out and the temperature has dropped to 48 degrees.  Even though we have 19 hours of daylight, we'll enjoy the view by looking out our window from indoors. /Marilyn