Trip to Homer

Before I came home from Port Alsworth the five of us that were still at the Lodge spent a few days in Anchorage.  We spent one day driving to Homer and spent a few hours exploring the town.  It was a cold day.  The first stop we made on the spit was a store to buy hats and gloves.

The Spit poking out.

We walked along the dock some.

We ate lunch at Lands End on the very end of the spit.

There were a lot of otters swimming along the spit, but as soon as I'd turn on my camera they would disappear and not come back till I turned it off.  Seriously, it happened to often to be a coincidence. So, no otter pictures.

It would have been fun to be on a boat that day.

We saw lots of moose on the trip.  It funny how you have to go to town to see big wild moose.

The drive down is beautiful.  The road runs along Cook Inlet so you can see all the mountains on both sides. If the tide's up you can see beluga whales swimming around.

Mt. Redoubt, the volcano that was going off a few years ago, in the background.

It was fun spending a few days in Anchorage doing touristy things.  Living in Alaska I've never been to most of the place people come to see.

The worlds largest chocolate fountain at Alaska Wild Berry Products.

We got to eat at restaurants (which having a family of 11 never happens), go see The Bourne Legacy in theaters (yay ♥), stay in a hotel, go shopping and go to lots of fun places like The Alaskan Fur Exchange.  It was a ton of fun!! ☺

David turns 8 & skeet shooting

I can't believe that David is eight.  Even my young kids are growing up.  
Anna made David the most awesome camouflage cake with an airplane crash and everything. 

 When the cake was lit the airplane went up in flames...

 and David got to blow it out.

 Deborah put together a really cool pin-the- propeller-on -the-airplane.

 In keeping with the airplane theme, David got a metal diecast C172 and Beechcraft Bonanza.

Paul and the kids spent a few hours at the dump doing some skeet shooting.

Paul

Quentin

Sarah

Joshua

Caleb

 Shooting wasn't the only fun they had at the dump.  The dump usually provides them endless amounts of pleasure.

An old washing machine drum got them rolling.

Working in Port Alsworth

I (Abigail) just got back from working in Port Alsworth at the Farm Lodge.  I made beds, washed dishes, set tables fancy and all that fun stuff. =)  The Farm Lodge and Lake Clark Air that my dad flies for are run by the same family.  It was nice, if I needed something dad was always stopping in since he flies out of there.  It took the pressure off packing. =)  I got to come home every Friday night then go back to work on Saturday. 

Inside the Lodge.

Right outside my room.

It was a ton of fun.  Not only were there awesome people to work and hang out with...

 And beautiful scenery...

The Beaver Pond
You can see more of my favorite pictures here - https://picasaweb.google.com/118372188510084846364/PicturesI3

 You get to do a ton of fun stuff working there.  

Like pick potatoes...

 Hike Tanalian Mountain...

Port Alsworth from the top of Tanalian.

 Watch the Northern Lights...

Sorry about these pictures.  They don't turn out very good on blogger.
You can see them better here - https://picasaweb.google.com/118372188510084846364/2012100803#

 Hike to the falls...

You can see more pictures of the falls here - https://picasaweb.google.com/118372188510084846364/20121011

 And go bear viewing just to name a few.

You can see more pictures of bear viewing here - https://picasaweb.google.com/118372188510084846364/MoraineCreekBears12

OK, so that's a ptarmigan not a bear.

Sorry for the photo overload.  It's hard to pick just a few pictures. =)