Another early morning for us as we got ready to go fly fishing on the beautiful Kenai River. We had about an hour drive to get to Cooper Landing from Seward to meet up with our guides from Kenai Cache. After making sure our licenses were in order and that the two guides had all the gear and boats packed up we loaded into their trucks and drove about 45 minutes to the Skilak boat launch to float down the middle Kenai. Cole, Celia and Dad were with Phil, a puris...

What an incredible day! We had a nice lazy morning in Seward as we ate a big homemade breakfast and slept in. Then it was off to the marina for our 6 hour wildlife cruise! Cole and Celia went on this cruise last week with Celia's family so they opted to stay on shore. They visited the Alaska SeaLife Center. Then they explored a trail along a stream to see a few eagles. The rest of us boarded the Aialic ship for our cruise. The ship consisted of indoor and...

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...