We arrived in Anchorage at 6:28 pm. The airlines often gets a bad rap, but I would say many things are unfounded. For instance our flights were on time, our baggage was not mauled, and our stewards were very cheerful. We see a mount of some muskoxen and decide to take our picture instead with a giant halibut. Musk Ox must be one of the most under appreciated animals, yet Alaska gives them a nod in their airport, by stuffing a couple and making a nice local animal display. My friend Shari did not even know what I was saying when I pointed them out and said "musk ox." Hu?, was all Shari really said. Generally muskox are under appreciated even though they are very hearty animals and live in the tundra. After our up and down tour of the escalators we safely and proficiently exited the Anchorage Airport. I mention the up and down tour only because my husband Doug had seen a huge stuffed grizzly bear near the entrance to the airport and wanted to show it to us. Grizzlies do not get just a cursory nod, everyone wants to see them so they are placed near the front of the airport. So down the escalator we went, no wait; we are supposed to be on the other side, up the escalator we go, no wait;...the bear is not here. Up, the escalator we go, no wait, Doug is confused and I am confused, too. We decide that when we exit the airport in a week we will go right past the grizzly so we can all wait a few days to take our picture with him.
We drive down the highway with our baggage and our vacation expectations tightly packed around us.
The drive proved to be uneventful. We gladly exited the car after 13 hours of traveling. Our respite was at St.Elias Brewery in Soldotna. Our evening meal was delicious wood fired pizza's and homemade beer. To describe a glass of the dark rich Mother's Milk Stout is a paragraph indeed. Suffice to say I relished the whole glass of dark chocolate, with hints of coffee, bubbly amazingness and ordered another. We went to our quarters and after the unpacking was completed we slept for a whole four and a half hours. Yes, we were excited to get our day started at 6am. I know we are on vacation, but we could not sleep any more. 
Mt Redoubt in all of it's glory. How does one describe a mountain? My grandson has combined two words "big" and "humongous" and created big-mongous. That is an simple way to describe all of the mountain ranges in Alaska, big--mongous
We headed to the grocery and to get fishing licenses. After our stop at the Moose's Loose Bakery, we decided to go to Homer and sight see for the day. Sunny, 78 degrees, and perfectly clear...we headed to Homer. 
A light house sits unchanging upon a hill. It is simple, stoic, and stratgeic as it sits high up on the hill! Simple because it is the old style and stoic becuase we do not even know if the light house in still supervised. The tides roll in and out below, but nothing changes from above. We went to the Homer spit and walked around. Watched three guys clean their halibut, and took pictures of our friends. I pray they have a great vacation and see the state of Alaska as a beauftiful place to relax and restore their hearts.
Yes, Shari is smiling and hugging a large wooded fish!
Shari smiles so much larger tonight when she is looking out of the kitchen window and discovers a cow moose in our backyard. We all tip-toed outside to video record our first moose of our vacation. We whisper and point as Paul records all of her movements. Good night, on day two!
See you all tomorrow
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