Today was a short travel day, but it rained the entire day. The rain in Alaska is no joke. We have hit the rainy season apparently.

When we left the campground in Seward, it was raining, and the mountains were completely fogged in.

I had mentioned to Mike last night that with all the rain we have been experiencing, I was surprised that it didn’t seem that many people use umbrellas. This lady walked right in between two campers as I took the shot when we were pulling out of the campground this morning — with an umbrella! 😁

Our Anchor Point campsite is next to Mary and John’s, which is next to the cabin that Mary’s daughter, Christy, is in with her husband, Leeman, and their triplets, Bazlo, Loen, and Sephina. The sites overlook a beach known as Whiskey Gulch where people are allowed to camp. It’s pretty cool. Mary and John hadn’t arrived yet when I got these shots with my phone.

After we unhooked and set up, Mike and I drove down to Cook Inlet, which is part of the Anchor River State Recreation Area.

There were birds on the beach. We’ll go back tomorrow when the weather is supposed to be better, but I did get a few shots out there in the pouring rain!

I’m trying to ID some of the birds I have seen and photographed along the way. When I do, I’ll put that information in the blog posts, too!

The one below I know. While it looks a little weather-worn, it is still a beautiful Eagle with that intense eagle eye! I hope to find it again. I believe I saw a juvenile Eagle walking on the beach, too.

After we finished checking out the recreation site, we drove down to Homer to have the most fabulous seafood meal we have ever had in our lives.

Both Mike and I have had the opportunity to have very good seafood growing up and during our lives. Never has it been this good.

I had grilled Alaska salmon. Mike had a grilled sampler plate that had salmon, halibut, scallops, and shrimp. Both dishes were phenomenal and well worth the money spent.

Homer is a fun place, and I hope to explore it some more tomorrow.

Then it was time to get some laundry done while we had facilities.