Monday June 30th Day # 53- Ed caught the largest fish of the morning!

 Last day in Homer and sad to leave this amazing place and view. The weather turned out to be good- no rain as predicted. We celebrated our last day with a Fishing Charter trip to catch halibut and boy did we catch halibut!

Leaving the inlet.

Captain Jordan took us 32 miles off shore.

We were in 210 ft. deep water so Jordan had to let out 300 feet of anchor line.

Ed got the largest halibut but mine wasn't too shabby. The law is you can only keep one less than 27 inches long and one any size. There were six of us and everyone caught and kept two halibut each in 1 1/2 hours. Our Captain Jordan picked the perfect spot! 

                                     Jordan also stopped the boat next to some sea otters.

Sea otters swim on their backs and one of otters (bottom) had a baby on her stomach. Cathy told us that when the mom wants to fish she finds some kelp and ties the baby to it. Then the mom sea otter will do her fishing an come back for the baby.

The end of a great fishing adventure.

After Jordan filleted the fish we had the Homer Fish Company take the skin off and vacuum seal them. We ended up with 25 pounds of Halibut and had some for dinner tonight. Yummy!

Ed and I spent our last night walking the beach with Aussie off leash. He has enjoyed it here as much as we have.

Man and his dog going home to the RV.

Sunday- June 29th Day #51

Homer which is 15 square miles of land and 1.5 square miles of water with a population around 6,200. It's known as the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World although they fish for salmon, cod and pollock. There are 5 glaciers near Homer (two are below).

The hottest temperature in the summer is 60 degrees and 40 degrees in the winter. It has been in the 50's since we have been here. When the wind isn't blowing the sun is warm, but in the afternoon when that wind kicks up the air is very cool. 

The people who live here walk around in shorts, short sleeves and go in the water like it was in the 80s. Their dogs roam freely and go in the water too. The beaches are not the soft, sandy beaches that we are used to. Instead they are gravel stone beaches. 

                                       Four people were kiteboarding flying for hours. 

Someone was power paragliding too.

We took a ride to the end of the bay where the road ends and turns to gravel. In the grassy area the ranchers herd their cows to this area for the summer to feed. 

                                                   

We saw some interesting houses like this igloo.

Then we took a ride to the end of Spit where a lot of fishermen were catching pollock. We saw the ferry and the docks were full of boats.

We built a fire when we got back, grilled burgers and then roasted marshmallows.

Tomorrow, going on a Halibut fishing charter (6 people) from 6:30 am to 12:00 pm. We are only allowed to catch two fish each. Now I have NEVER fished before so I don't think only catching two will be a problem for me!