North to Alaska - Homer and Halibut

We drove back to Anchorage, then on down to the Kenai Peninsula. Jim had arranged a halibut fishing trip with one of his buddies, who has a fishing business. We stayed at Uncle Stowell's cabin again.  It was nice to have a little time to relax and visit that evening.

Chef Ray cooking up a tofu souffle???

Brittany pulling in a nice trout off the dock, Cory and Ray

Ray, Dad, Britt, Cory, Jim and Jay all got up at 4:30 a.m. to head back down to Nilnilchik to go halibut fishing out in the ocean. . .Meanwhile, Mom and I got to sleep in. At 10:00, we headed down to Homer with Uncle Stowell. It was a beautiful drive.

The Tea Cup House - on Mad Hatter Lane?

Homer is a fun little town, with lots of quirky shops that would have been lots of fun to look through.

The Salty Dawg Saloon - isn't it great?

Ships moored in the harbour

We saw tons of ships in the port and lots of fun shops that Mom and I would have liked to peak in, but we both felt we needed to get back.

Land's End Resort & Restaurant

We stopped at the very end of the spit at a lovely restaurant called Land’s End Resort to eat lunch. We all had a shrimp basket and I thought it was delicious! The design of the whole restaurant was a nautical theme and it was delightful to look at everything. We had such a lovely day, thanks Uncle Stowell!

When we got back, the fisherman had returned. They had caught their limit in just a few hours and even though it was a windy, rainy day out on the ocean, they all had a great time.

The Captain

The Ship

and the mottley crew . . .

Jim, Larry, Jay

Cory & Brittany

Ray - looking a little under the weather

Brittany - first bite . . . will she get it in?

All the fisherman placed bets in a pot - first one to catch and, biggest catch would split the $

Brittany - first catch and she wins the pot!

Cory caught so many cod ~ he became "The Codfather!"

Ray brings one in

Dad with his catch

Quite a catch!  Ray, Cory, Brittany, Larry, Jim and Jay

Dad has wanted to do this for so long . . . I am thrilled that we were all able to go to Alaska and share this adventure!