A DAY AT CAST AWAY RV PARK IN HOMER, ALASKA

With all the moving and shaking we've been doing the passed few weeks, we are very happy just enjoying the beach sights, sounds and smells.  I managed to get all the laundry done and Denis took the bikes off the roof rack, cleaned them up a bit and put air in the tires.  If the wind dies down, we plan on doing some biking.

Today was a little cool and cloudy which was fine by us.  It was a good afternoon to drive down to the end of the spit and look out over the bay.  We wandered along the boardwalk and saw several charter boats come in.  The people looked tired after a full day out but everyone came back with fish. One guy we talked with caught about 50 pounds of halibut and some type of cod that looked like a prehistoric sea creature.  We watched a young man fillet the fish that the charter boat brought in. We couldn't believe how fast he cut up those huge fish, one after another.  I never knew they cut out the cheeks, did you?  They have big metal bins for fish carcasses and the gulls here eat very well.

Some kind of cod

Gull feeding frenzy

Nothing left but skin, bones and heads

We went to the RV dump and water fill (four loads of laundry fills our holding tanks pretty quickly) and met a local guy with his grandson.  They had a camper pulling a trailer.  The trailer was loaded with fishing gear and a couple of coolers.  We got talking with him and he told us that he was at the Kenai River yesterday and they were taking in nets of salmon.  His cooler was filled with salmon fillets.  We asked if he'd sell one to us for $10 and he agreed.  That piece of salmon at Costco would easily cost $20.

This plant is called Cow Parsnip or pootschki
This is a plant to be avoided because skin contact can result in severely painful blisters
The purple flowers are Fireweed - it has medicinal properties and you can toss in a few blossoms with your salad

We stopped at a fish market to see what they had.  There was a young couple there that bought $60 worth of king crab legs.  We bought one leg for $15 to go with our salmon.  Denis grilled the salmon to perfection and I steamed some rice with broccoli and zucchini.  The crab legs steamed for about ten minutes and came out sweet, tender and delicious.  Life is good, seafood, waves crashing on the beach and ice cold beer.

Stopped at Matanuska Glacier on the way to Homer

I love the contrast of the water glacier and the blue glacier water

This was an unusual mountain - I think it was called Pinnacle Point

These photos are from last night's changing skies from about 11:30 to midnight.  Sleep is a little difficult for me with the bright nights.

That's all folks!  Thanks for stopping in.