7/30/13: Homer

So, today the guys were up again at 0530am to get ready for their big day on the charter.  With lunches already packed, they were quickly ready to take off to the marina.  Another beautiful day here in Homer, so we were all hopeful that that would mean they would able to stay out today and get some Halibut!!  They left around 0600am and walked to the marina to find out they were all a-go for today... hopefully when they got out the fishing ground the weather (and water) would agree....  They left the dock and rode out about 20 miles to the fishing area.  The water was still a bit choppy today, but the captain said it would be ok and they were fishing before they knew it.   Um, choppy it was, and my poor baby boy was sea sick and barfing before he knew it.  Poor guy!  The cool thing is that barfing or not, Brady had the first "fish on" and pulled in his first ever Halibut!!!!  YAY!!!  The rest of the day proceeded to be more catching of Halibut and before I knew it I was getting a text at 1:30pm letting me know they were on the way back and would need a ride from the dock because they had a ton of meat to haul back to camp!  Yay again!!  Unfortunately, Brady got sick again on the way back in to port and was barfing once again...  This time he fell asleep and got some rest before being back at port.

KK and I spent the day exploring the upper half of Homer and then stopping off at Safeway for a few groceries.  We didn't find to many things, but had fun looking around town.  I just LOVE Homer and so it was neat to see more of it this time.  We just made it back to camp when I got the text from Rick that they were back -- off to the Marina I went.  They had quite a bit of Halibut meat, which is always a welcome!!!  Back at camp Rick vacu-sealed the meat and then got it all in the freezer.  

Tonight was the night we decided that we would be going to our FAVORITE Finn's Pizza!  I tell ya, if you are ever in Homer, AK --- you MUST got to Finn's Pizza!  After ordering we were able to get an outside beach table and enjoy the scenery while we waited for the excellence!  One of the charter boat had just come in and the deck boys were filleting the meat up just down from us.  Rick and the kids went to watch while I made sure our table was saved and watched from there.  The size of these fish was absolutely amazing!  Seriously, they were HUGE!  It was amazing to see how FAST those guys cut up the fish and were on to the next one!!  Pure skill for sure.  Before we knew it, pizza arrived.  We stuffed ourselves silly with pizza and then rolled back to camp,

We enjoyed the rest of the evening around a campfire.  Then it was time to prep a bag for Rick (he is going on another Halibut Charter tomorrow) and the BED!  

Sunrise in Homer:

Lines are out and BB has the first "Fish on":

Ohhhh Yeah!!!!!:

Poor baby:

Awake and feeling better:

Finn's baby:

Watching the guys clean the fish:

Agate hunting with Bo and KK:

Camp: