July 4th

Our fourth was spent in a small town north of Homer. The campground had a picnic for all the campers. They supplied all the food. Huge hamburgers that I commented where Texas size and they reminded me that Alaska is bigger than Texas and the burgers where Alaskan sized. Met people from all over, Florida, Georgia, Texas. In fact the one couple from Texas lived in Canyon Lake where Jim and Dixie lives. Small world.
Something we never thought much about until we came to Alaska. When do they set off the fire works? Well on Kodiak the do it 12:01am on the fourth as do most of the rest of Alaska.

homer

The wild flowers just amaze me the colors are so bright and the blooms so large. I guess that is what 20 hours more or less of daylight does to the flowers.

Homer

We arrived a day before we were to leave for Kodiak (I think it was the 27). Toured the town and played pick-a-road. Even went to a garage sale where I bought a turtleneck shirt for .25. Good thing I did. I wore that almost every day under my sweatshirt. Not complaining...
Homer's main drag is a spit going out to the bay formed from glaciation. At this time of year all fishermen line the banks & or are in boats. They are fishing for halibut now. The salmon is "running" late.
The active volcano is Mt. Redoubt. We have seen quite a few spewing volcanos.

Gene's big day

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this is a pic of a childs play house. It included a back porch. Amazing!

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On July 1st we had 21hrs &42 min of daylight.We got on the ferry last night at 8 in Kodiak to go back to Homer. Yesterday was cloudy and drizzley all day. But, it was cool and not 100 degrees, I can handle that. Drove to the end of the last road. Can you imagine our surprise to see a picture of John Wayne on a rock out of nowhere. We are way out in the country.
Not sure if the picture of the whale is clear but it was there near shore. There was an old missle silo there and the beach. Picked up some driftwood. Oh, the day before yesterday I found a skull of I think a deer. I am bringing it home.
We came home on the Tuscumina, which is not as new as the Kennicut, and they call it the blue canoe because it is so much smaller. Can only get 45 cars on it. We could have made money selling our room but no amount of money could have made me stay up from 8pm to 7am. I might be repeating myself. I have had to rewrite so many times because of computer problems I don't remember what I said before.