Day 39 - Homer, Alaska

Homer, Alaska-Adventure 3 - Saturday, July 17, 2010

the Atteburys

We are in Homer and our RV park is right on the bluff overlooking the beach. The view is fantastic. We can see the mountains on the other side of the wide bay. The mountains are snow capped and one has a glacier on it. I know they must have names, but I don’t know them. And it’s not important; they are just beautiful to look at. Erv can walk Holly, our dog, down to the beach. She had a great time digging in the sand looking for critters. The only bad thing was she tracked sand into our rig.

Today was a free day in Homer to do what we wanted or needed to get done. We started our day doing all the mundane things one has to do in life like cleaning the bathroom and laundry. The interesting thing was the Laundromat we choose was way out at the east end of town. It is run by a Russian lady complete with a babushka and all. A lot of the customers were in traditional costumes as well. All were in bright colors.


We did our chores and then went to explore Homer. The town has an eclectic variety of houses. Some look right out of a ghost town, others are log structures, and some look like they are modular homes. We even saw an old boat on the spit that was being rehabbed and it looks like someone was living in it.

We stopped at a unique yarn shop. It is housed in a yurt. That is a round tent that I think the Mongolians use. The ladies that own it have day jobs, so it is only open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. I got it on a good day. We had a nice visit and of course I spent money. But I did get some nice sock yarn. I figured I owe it to myself because I lost a sock somewhere between our rig and the laundry and back again.

After my shopping trip we went to lunch at a place called the Crooked Hook on Homer Spit. The spit is a finger of sand out in the Gulf of Alaska. It had tons of people out there. They were all in and out of shops and restaurants along the way. We saw the Salty Dawg Saloon. It has a working lighthouse right with the bar. You could see people in it drinking their beer. I think we’ll go back on Monday on our free day here to explore some of the gift shops.

We drove back out of town to the Bear Creek winery. They make their wines with wild berries and rhubarb. It was very different. But I did buy some of the better wines. I had a good time there talking with a bunch of other tasters. We returned to the RV park and walked to the Jelly Bean for ice cream.

Tonight we had a LEO (let’s eat out) at Don Jose’s. And because it was Ada’s and Sheryl’s birthday celebration, we all had cake supplied by Larry, Ada’s husband. We all sang Happy Birthday and the wait staff brought out big hats and we sang again. It was fun. Mexican food in Alaska is different than we are use to, but it was good.