Homer, Alaska

We have arrived in Homer, Alaska and this is our first day of nine.  This is the view from our 5th Wheel, snow covered mountains dropping down into the ocean.  Today is beautiful.

John makes up things to do around our camp.  The man cannot just do nothing.  I have no problem doing nothing.

Boone has no a problem doing nothing too.

Wouldn't you know it, the first thing we did was go to a winery and do some wine tasting.  It was called Bear Creek Winery.  We only purchased two bottles.  Everything here is high just like the mountains.  The young lady that waited own us, Elise Smith, was from Easley, SC.  It was cool to talk to her.  She had been in Alaska a year.  She came with her husband who works on a fishing boat.  He wanted to experience Alaska and so they agreed to stay no longer than 5 years.  She said there were not many jobs in the winter.  What they made during the summer kept them up during the winter too.  And it was getting harder.  Fifty percent of the Homer businesses shut down for the winter.

Here I am at the winery.  Check out the view from the front of the winery.  That is a glacier on the left side of the picture.  It is easy to see why people love Homer.