Leon Turnbull Photography

This is from Bishop’s Beach in Homer. The view across Kachemak Bay of the mountains and glaciers is definitely stunning. Dang, it’d be nice to live in Homer … if I could get a job there, and if it weren’t so darn expensive. My wife would like to move there, that’s for sure.

My father-in-law bought a (very small) cabin there, and he goes to Homer for about 1 or 2 weeks every year. My wife’s brother and his family were staying with him for the week. No room for us in that small cabin, though, so we stayed with my wife’s aunt, who also owns a summer cabin there (she lives in Nome for most of the year). Her cabin is incredibly nice, and she even has her very own private lake, with large open windows looking out onto the lake. There is a duck family that lives on the lake (they have their own private lake too). She says moose frequently come by her lake and cabin, but unfortunately we did not see any while we were there. I spent a lot of time just looking out onto the lake from the living room (and hoping to see a moose come by). I did see plenty of moose around other areas of Homer, though. My wife’s aunt is quite the adventurer and has many interesting stories to tell of her travels. She was the very first woman to cross the Northwest Passage in a yacht (I think I have that fact, correct). She said once that she wanted to kill herself because of the horrible sea-sickness. Sounds like a great trip to me. ha ha.