Today Keely, Kevin, Cole, Celia and Dad got up really early so that we could leave by 5:45 for a half day halibut fishing trip on the Mighty Irish! The sun was just rising as we left the dock, luckily we got the last table inside the cabin so Keely and Celia took that time to doze and try to wake up and warm up with some hot tea. The boys stood out on the deck watching for whales, sea otters and other wildlife. After about an hour and 45 minutes we arrived a...

Today was bear watching day! We met our float plane on Beluga Lake in Homer at 8:30 am. First we got fitted for hip boots since we were going to deplane in the water. There were about 14 other people that joined us today, so we split up between two different planes. As we were boarding, Cole got selected to sit in the jump seat in front with the pilot - what a treat! Flying on a float plane is not like commercial, though we still got a very brief safety sp...

We finally got a day to sleep in and relax a bit. We woke up to a foggy day out on the ocean. After a liesurely breakfast we got together our grocery list and went out to explore Homer. We walked through some of the shops on the Spit and investigated some halibut fishing options. We grabbed a quick lunch at a local fish market and we were even able to eat outside since te sun burned through the fog - it was so nice! We picked up some groceries and made our w...