Fireworks

Our second day is almost done, it's been a long day and now for the real fun. These fireworks your about to see pictures of are all for SPC Tim Clayton. Scott bought so many and since fireworks in Alaska are legal we get some really good ones. While we were in Homer we had stopped to talk to a police officer to find out where the fireworks were going to be done. It seems that even though they are legal in Alaska they are not permitted on the Kenai Penninsula so now we drive. We drove all the way back and once off the penninsula we stopped and this is what happened.




























These are the weirdest pictures I thought that I had a water drop on the lens but I could not this look to go away, I could see this as I took the pics. We just figured it was Tim enjoying them with us.








This is a neat picture of Scott and sparklers.



So now day two is finally done, we had so many fireworks it took over two hours to finish them all, and that was with all the kids lighting them off with Scott. What a show. We drove down to Anchorage because it gets dark, well darker and earlier. It worked out perfect. Now to head back to Our motel and rest for our drive back home. We will get up and take the kids to the mall, who am I joking it's not for the kids, it's for my shopoholic Scott.

Finally we are home and preparing to try to get our flight to California, stay tuned for that adventure.

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Homer Spit

Still day two of our Anchorage trip, we are now on the Spit in Homer. There are alot of other tourists mixed with locals and the hard working people of Alaska. It's amazing to see that they can run around the area with very little clothes on while we from Fairbanks (one of the coldest places in the US) are pretty damn cold and are looking for sweatshirts to put on. It's cloudy but it is in the high 50's, something that we should be used to. But it's a wet cold, it's not wet in Fairbanks, yeah it may rain but typically it doesn't feel so cold. Time to enjoy the spit, here are some pics hope you enjoy!



Bald Eagle Nest



Lighthouse attached to the Salty Dawg



The Salty Dawg is very small, well at least the front area is, couldn't make it to the lighthouse area since there were so many people. It has dollar bills all over inside that people have signed and pinned to the walls and ceiling.



Homer Spit Harbor



Scott on the lookout for Bald Eagles. He was pretty bummed that they were acrossed the bay, so we were only able to see a few here and there and the one with the nest.





Sea creatures on the dock



Kids on the beach



Jeanette and Cedes looking pretty



My Hun and I, yeah it was pretty windy at times, should have worn a hat or put my hair up.



Sea Otter






Look at those teeth






Tyler and his big salmon

It's now time to eat we had bought bagels and cream cheese for on the way down to save on time, it didn't seem to stay with us long with all of the walking and fresh air. I guess everyone else had the same idea because it was a 1-2 hour wait for most places in town. We finally found
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Drive to Homer Alaska

Day two of our Anchorage trip begins with breakfast at IHOP, we had to fuel up for our long drive to Homer Spit. Yesterday was spent showing Jeanette and Cedes around Anchorage. We spent a quiet evening at the motel on the balcony watching Eagle Rivers pre 4th of July fireworks.

Now we are ready to head out to Homer, this is a 4.5 hr drive, which took about 6 with random pit stops to enjoy the scenery and take pictures. Here are some that were taken.












Kids at a roadside waterfall





Jeanette and Cedes











Scott and the kids


















The River






Kailee under the bridge at the river






Ashley "is there service"












Just a beautiful site












As usual they could care less that we are there.






Mt. Rebout should be in there somewhere.






Our wonderful view on the drive.

We are finally in Homer, now we are tourists and I think we are going to be good at it. The drive was long but nice. The town is small, but what ones in Alaska aren't. We are here to see the spit and mostly the Bald Eagles. Catch my next post which will be Homer Spit!

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Location:Kenai Peninsula

4 day weekend

This isn't our first trip to Anchorage by any means, in fact we have been here many times before. This time was different since Ashley was able to participate as well as Jeanette and Mercedes. We left Fairbanks around midnight and got into Anchorage around 6:30am. I had booked a reservation through expedia for our room. Turns out that was not the best idea. When we get to this place it is not nearly what it was cracked up to be....well the cracked up works well! Just not what was expected. There are broken windows and a very run down appearance on the outside, with the typical rif raf about.










I ask the woman at the front desk if this is a safe place for my family. She exlplains that in the last six months that they have been cleaning up the place, the lobby looks as though this is true




From this point I ask to see the room, the clerk nicely directs me to the upgraded rooms close to the front desk, this is were she assures me that we will be safe. The room was decent, but I had to check the bed, where I find that the box spring is ripped along the side and not covered, nor was the mattress itself covered. I thank her for her time and tell her that I am not insinuating anything but just don't feel that I should have my children in this type of atmosphere, she seems to understand




Read the lovely signs from the lobby




I was told that the owner would refund half of my money for the room, I explained that I would take the rest up with my bank.
Needless to say we did not stay there. We now know not to go to Anchorage during the 4th of July there are no rooms at the Inn, that being the base we usually stay on. So we have to travel out of town to a much nicer place. Here we dont have to be concerned with drug deals or prostitution and to sleep on beds used by the hour. Now our trip is coming together.

We are on our way to Homer Spit and along the way we have to
make many stops, first and foremost is at the Gorilla Fireworks store outside of Anchorage. My Hun had one thing only on his mind at this point....this being FIREWORKS!! His most favorite thing in the world compaired to his job. I'm a bit tired and will sleep now
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