Homer Alaska

On our second day in Alaska, Eric had planned to take us from Anchorage to Homer. It was going to be about a four hour road trip, so we got an early start.

On our way out of town, he wanted us to stop by his grandmother's lovely home. Donna is such a sweet and gracious lady with quite a charming Alaskan history. She had stories and lots of pictures to share with us. I could have stayed all day! I just love her.

Her property is just so pretty with lots of flowers. It's just a very inviting home filled with love and lots of memories.

This is the Kenai River which is the most beautiful color. It looks like sea glass blue. If you look closely, you can see lots of fisherman fishing along that bank. Eric stopped and we walked down so Jimmy could get a good look at this sight. Our next trip to Alaska will include a fishing trip!

It was getting late, so we drove on to Homer. Homer is a cute town. The tourist part is on the spit. You drive way out to the end of the spit and it is really pretty. Lots of cute little shoppes to delight the shopper!

Who knows what these two are laughing about! Sometimes my sides just hurt from laughing all day!

One of the views from the back of the little buildings! Magnificent.

We stayed in a cute little lodge on Beluga Lake. It was nice and cozy and the evening turned out to be so nice. We sat outside and talked and laughed and soaked it all in.

Here's the lake. When you're in Alaska, you get used to all the little planes that are always flying overhead. You can see one here on the lake that was taking off.

Notice the FIRE WEED plants! Can you see that large white machine on the road? We were laughing as it slowed traffic as it chugged up the hill. The laugh was on us! That night, the machine was used to strip the asphalt off the road right by our rooms! The crew worked all night...no sleep for us that night!

We thought it was funny when we were sitting outside that the big Bud Light truck pulled into the parking lot! Don't get run over guys! Ha ha ha.

As you can see, the sun popped out before the end of the day and it was really a great day of seeing some more of Alaska. 

Exciting Alaska Trip

We packed up the car on Sunday and off we went to Seattle filled with the excitement of NORTH TO ALASKA! I just had to save one of my anniversary roses from Jimmy for the drive. We hit a bit of traffic but arrived safe and sound and went out to eat with the kids. It was so beautiful and we ate outside. Had a wonderful seafood dinner and lots of laughs.

Our flight left for Anchorage at 11:30 AM and it was a very nice flight. I like to fly with Alaska Airlines. We went from hot summer weather to a refreshing 68 degrees and a bit of rain...yeah!

My Jimmy....this was our 41st wedding anniversary. Great way to celebrate! Look at that smile!

Eric had our trip all planned and we spent our first night at the Capt Cook Hotel in downtown Anchorage. It's a large hotel divided into 3 towers. It has several little shoppes and restaurants.

We had to stop in for an anniversary drink in a cozy little hotel bar. I had a yummy fruit margarita!

I loved this mural on one of the walls. Look at that map. Capt Cook was one busy guy.

Eric and Gina wanted to take us to a cool antique shoppe where Eric bought Gina's engagement ring two years ago. It's a sentimental place for them. It was so fun to look at all the Estate jewelry. The whole place is like a museum.

This bamboo fly rod became Jimmy's souvenir. It arrived today via Fed Ex safe and sound.

We went for a little walk to Resolution Park with a beautiful view honoring Capt Cook. We sure enjoyed the cooler temps.

It was soon time for dinner and we met up with Eric's family. This is his mother...Susan. Eric was just featured in a Seattle magazine and she is one proud mama! Eric was being funny and posing like his article.

Grandma Donna is getting some help from the waiter with a dinner choice. The menu was quite impressive. I had to have the salmon, of course!

Gina and Eric's sister Jenny. She is almost as funny as her brother. It was so good to see them all again. The wedding was two years ago.

Two happy moms. It was a delightful evening with Eric's family.

This is the view outside our window. It was so strange for it to be light until about 11:00 PM!

I'll be sharing some more pix the rest of the week...lots to share and I want to have a record of this marvelous trip. Thank you Eric and Gina!