Thursday Aug 20...

Well the good news is that the truck and camper are still secure in storage. It takes a while to check the air in the tires, re-inflate, hook up and off we go. We head south with the beautiful Cook Inlet on our right.The mountains, glaciers & water are indescribable. We haven't gone far out of the city until a Alaska Highway Patrol pulls us over to wish a good day. We don't have a front license plate on our truck like Alaskans & no plate on our camper. He checks us out while I check out the cat tails in the low land beside the car. No wants or warrants on us & we are back on our way.

On south we continue past the Kenai River and see the combat fishing zone at the roadside. We continue driving along side the Cook Inlet all the way to Homer. We plainly see Mt. Redoubt and the other 2 volcanoes just about 50miles across the bay from our drive. Mt Redoubt blew her top just a few months ago.

We arrive at the Homer Spit. "Homer is on the shore of Kachemak Bay on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its most distinguishing feature is the Homer Spit, a narrow 4.5 mile long gravel bar that extends into the bay, on which is located the Homer Harbor."

Mike describes this area as a Gatlinburg type feel with boats & fishing.

We remember more snow on the mountains around Homer and the locals tell us that a lot of the snow melted when Redoubt blew ash all over this area. The mountains and the water are just as fabulous even without a lot of snow. The wind is brisk & we set up our camper on the water just in time for a walk along the beach as tide rolls in.

I have only seen wind surfing in warm water, check out this guy, I think he's actually wind wake boarding. Temp here while this was going was about a windchill in the 40's. How about you Christina, Kristen & all you other Center Hill lake wake boarders, how'd you like to try this?

Papa's continuing to do well. Please keep praying for his full recovery.