Homer Day 3

It was cold and windy this morning. Feels odd to wear winter coats, hats, and gloves while drinking our coffee.

We watched the sea, and the day began to warm. There were a few otters and saw some fish jumping, but no whales this morning.

After some yogurt, poptarts, and a bowl of hot cereal for Phil, we took our showers. They do have good showers here for $2 each. We bought ice for the cooler and headed out for the day.

Our hike today was at the Carl Wynn Nature Center. We intended to do the 1.4 mile hike, but turned the wrong way and ended up going a 1/4 mile in the wrong direction first, so with the backtrack, it was a 2 mile hike. At the nature center HQ, we looked at pictures of the plants and flowers we had seen. There are lots of wild flowers right now. There was a young moose in the parking lot, but it ambled off before I could take his picture. Phil bought a new ball cap there.

After the hike, we ate outside at a drive-through fish and chips place. It was sunny but windy.

Now, I am charging up all our batteries while Phil is off doing laundry. Our next week or so we'll have limited services at the campsites we've selected. We head toward Whittier tomorrow for 2 nights, and we'll be in a USFS campground. After that, we head towards Denali, although yesterday there was a fire there that closed the park entrance and other services. We will keep an eye on that in case we need to alter our plans.Read more