Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Hello Homer

The tide of humanity here has flowed out, it's been raining for two days, and we have a day off. What to do? Time for another trip to Homer! We had a great day - we walked all the shops on the north side of the Spit, and didn't spend a dime,  visited the great displays at the Oceans and Islands Visitor Center and took a hike on the loop trail out back, we drove to the end of the pavement on the East End Road, and tried the pie at the Caribou Cafe. Now that's a run on sentence!

On the way home we made a list of things that made us happy:
1) Gore-Tex anything
2) Dressing in layers
3) Propane, lots of propane
4) Honda generators
5) Knowing where the clean bathrooms are on the Homer Spit
6) Spring flowers, any with vibrant colors will do, names optional
7) Did I mention propane?

Here are some photos from our day trip, you can get the usual Homer pictures from the Chamber of Commerce web site, so I'm featuring other aspects today.

A nice moody day in Homer.

Definition of a 'slab' of pie!

Homer housing I

Homer housing II

Showers bring flowers.

Amazing what you see when you look.

3 comments:

  1. the first flower, the one with 5 blue petals and the yellow center is the Alaska State Flower. It is an Alpine Forget-Me-Not. The second flower is a lupine.

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  2. How is it you stay so slim when you eat Musher Omelettes in Tok and a "slab of pie" in Homer??? I want to know your secret!!! I guess being tall helps, huh? And you don't even go swimming with Joyce, Rich and Lin -- life ain't fair (but I already knew that because Mom told me so while growing up).
    Hugs to you both,
    C&B

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