On the way to Seldovia, AK

We decided to take a boat trip to Seldovia with our friends, Carol and Frank Colligan. This is a community of artists and can only be reached by boat.


Leaving the harbor


Our first wildlife of the crossing, an otter in the harbor.


Coast Guard boat docked in the harbor.


Gull Island is another rookery. Pretty good size compared to the kayaks


Some puffins in there, too.


Notice the way the cormorants are all in a line.


Looks like these cormorants are keep guard all across the top of the rocks.


Otter in the seaweed.


Kittiwake


Can you spot the eagle?


I watched him take off, grab a fish from the ocean and then fly away. He does have the fish in his talons.


Interesting color in these rocks.


I'm only sharing a couple of my otter pictures...I took a LOT. They were SO cute!!




Seldovia harbor was full of these jellyfish and kelp.


I had to take a picture of this boat for our grandson, Brandon!!

Heading out to the Homer Spit Harbor

Sights along the way to the Harbor.


Huge Bouys




Various traps


Lots of boats in this harbor!




Our boat

Nautical Decay

This bike path followed the road, and since the weather was nice.. just chilly..we took the bikes for the only ride on our whole trip!


Rick held the bikes while I went off with the Camera.


Boat cemetary or junk yard.





There were curtains in the windows on this boat!








A castle???




Did you notice the beautiful mountains in the background on most of these pictures?

Two museums

The Islands and Oceans Visitors Center had quite a bit of land out to Cook Inlet.




At the Pratt Museum a Lynx.


Model of a Beluga Whale.


Painting of a Beaked Whale.

Picturesque Homer Spit and Homer

It was a rainy day.


The truck had been made into a play area for kids.


We did eat in the restaurant, but I ate these on the wharf.


An Avion... sort of.


However you can enjoy this beautiful place, do it!

Loved Homer, AK

Welcome to Homer, AK.


Beautiful! See the dark strip in the water on the left side of the picture? That's Homer Spit. Really neat place.


Very bright with the sun on the water. This is the Cook Inlet, and the boat route to Anchorage, AK. A few of these mountains are volcanoes, and one is currently somewhat active, lots of seismic activity. Mt Redoubt last erupted in 1989 and 1990. I've been watching this web-site: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/avoreport.php?view=update


This small "pond" sure gathers lots of fisherman, out on Homer Spit. Can't remember what they were catching...


Cleaning the fish.


As I was taking this picture of the seagulls feeding on the remains, the eagle flew into the picture!!! WOW!!!


And even if the previous picture was a seagull, it really did happen, and this IS an eagle!


Got him a second time!