The Halibut Fishing Capital of the World!

We had another great evening, spending precious time with great friends and then spent our morning bird watching in Kenai.

Then we were off to explore the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World!

Homer is a wonderful little harbor town surrounded by mountains, bald eagles, float planes, cute little otters, restaurants, and local one of a kind shops.

The Time Bandit (Discovery Channel, Deadliest Catch) was docked in Homer.

Russian Orthodox Church

The flag of the great state of Alaska

Two eagles fighting off a nearby bluff

We had planned on staying in Homer on Saturday night and then Nanichik on Sunday night but we all like Kenai and the Beluga Lookout RV Park so much, it was an unaminous vote to go back to the bluff! Jerry (Beluga Lookout RV Park) is very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. The view from the bluff is second to none and the facility is the nicest we've found. Plus, going back to Kenai meant we had even more time with our friends, I am always up for that!

It is so nostalgic for me to be staying here on this bluff. Life can be so ironic with all it's twists and turns. About eighteen year ago, I worked at a Juvenile Facility right next to this RV park. During our lunch hour, I would walk down the bluff onto the mud flats with a friend/coworker to catch glimpses of beluga whales and visit with the RV travelers staying at this RV park. 

At that time, never in my wildest dreams did I ponder walking these flats as a tourist preparing to return home...to Hawaii...with the man of my dreams (As Mike so eloquently pointed out!)

Now, all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within me, to accomplish infinitely more than I could ever ask or think! (Ephesians 3:20, NLT)

The Wonderful Kenai Peninsula!

We were awakened by the beautiful sound of a train coming down the tract and blowing it's whistle as it came around the bend, that might not seem like much to some but in Hawaii we don't see trains so for my girls to hear the train was a special treat! We were camped approximately 20 feet from the track so my girls really experienced the full definition of a train!

Spending the night on the Turn Again Arm was such a blessing, I'm convinced, there's no other place on earth like it with it's stark mountains, waterfalls, bald eagles, beluga whales, and beautiful mud flats of Cook Inlet.

As we were leaving Turn Again Arm on our way to the Kenai Peninsula, we arrived on the mud flats just in time to attend the "Alaska Bald Eagle Convention"!

We stopped off at Portage Glacier...again...indescribable!

The many twists and turns of the highway from Portage Glacier to the Kenai Peninsula are so beautiful!

We reached our destination, the Beluga Outlook RV Park, and this is my favorite rv park thus far.
It has full hook up, free showers (No other park we've stayed at has offered free showers.) Beluga Outlook RV sits on an amazing bluff overlooking the mudflats of the mouth of the Kenai River and Cook Inlet. Across the inlet, approximately 40 miles, sits Mt. Redoubt and Mt Illiamna. 

Beluga Outlook RV also offers birds galore and a very nice pathway to Cook Inlet.

Our mornings are spent walking the mud flats, watching the Coast Guard perform touch and goes, bird watching, observing how the locals fish, and skipping rocks on Cook Inlet.

Is there any better pastime for two little daddy's girls than a rock skipping contest?

It appears not...

Her children rise up and call her blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied); and her husband boasts of and praises her, (Proverbs 31:28, Amp)