July 24th, 2024

The weather today was beautiful. Lots of clouds in the morning but it continued to get brighter until we were in full sun. 

Before Deb left Soldotna she was determined to catch her one fish. We all went with her to cheer her on and of course give her our own teaching techniques. How many teachers does one student need? We were all very attentive to her challenge. 

She was in the water casting from 11 am to 2 pm with no hookups. Gerry was in the water with her and handed her his rod each time he caught a fish so she’d have a feel for what it’s like to have a fish on.  We were all very disappointed but needed to move on and get ready for a big over night trip to the Homer Spit.

We drove the hour and a half once again down the sterling highway to Anchor Point first but didn’t catch any boats being removed from the ocean. We could see the beautiful snow capped mountains across the inlet much better than when we were with Kim. 

We’ve booked an airBNB on the Spit for one night which is at this really cool 2 bedroom apartment located above the most delicious donut making shop! The views are breathtakingly spectacular as one side of the apartment looks out over the ocean and the second bedroom looks out to glaciers in the distance. We had dinner on the boardwalk and then watched the sunset from our balcony. Well… not really set but descending. 

To top off the night we received a text from Deb rejoicing over the 2 fish that she caught all by herself!!! Success! Finally! Her persistence paid off and we were all hootin’ & hollerin’.