Silver Fishing & Homer Trip!

My day off on Monday was awesome! It started a bit early tho... 4:14am to be exact. One of the guides that work at the Lodge my sister works at had a couple empty spots in his boat so Katie was invited to come on a fishing trip with a friend. Guess who she picked....ME! YAY!!!!






We met Ryan the guide and his two clients from New Mexico in Soldotna at 5 am and drove out to Kasilof River. We spent the next 5 hours on the River and had such a great time. It was beautiful and so peaceful and relaxing. The sun came out later in the morning and I even dozed off at one point and had to be punched by Katie a couple times :) We all got our limit (2 Silver Salmon allotted per person/per day). And good sized fish too! Ryan was hilarious and Beau and Felix were fun guys to spend the morning with too.

We got back to our casa and cleaned the fish (and ourselves!).

Then Mom, Katie and I headed to Homer!!! Homer is a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem. (old local joke, sorry) It's seriously one of my favorite places to visit. Its such an artsy area and very Alaskan :) Plus you can get great fresh seafood! Especially halibut :) We had fun walking up and down the Homer Spit (appropriately named cuz its a tiny little stretch of land that looks like it was spit out into the water). We spent the most amount of time (and money in my case...oops!) in this little shop called Carolines towards the end of the spit. It's one of my favorite little shops- beautiful handmade jewelry, bags, clothing...you name it. I bought a couple new rings and a cute new purse.

What a great day! I was exhausted, but the day was full to the brim with goodness :)