Alaska, parts 3-16

We ate dinner at Land's End, where they had this whale baleen on the wall. It was neat to see how large it was!

Group pic.

The sun was so beautiful setting over the harbor, we had to celebrate.

My camera made it a lot more orange than it really was.

On our way back to our bed and breakfast, we saw moose. Lots of them. Here is one eating grass outside the car wash.

And another chilling on the side of the road. Since the winter in Homer brought so much snow, the moose couldn't find food, and were coming into town to forage for things to eat.

The next day began with shopping- lots of cute shops in Homer! I got Amy a wedding gift of an apron and the book "Don'ts for Wives". It's a really neat little book published in 1913. A lot of the "don't" still apply today, though.

Next, we went down to the beach for low tide. In Homer, low tide can be up to a depth of 28 feet. This day, it was 26 feet down. We could walk so far out on the sand!

Here you can really see the low tide in the steep ramp and low water level.

Tim T (married to my cousin Andrea) was working on a boat that would soon take off for the open waters.

There's Tim!

Then it was back to Anchorage for some more sight seeing, courtesy of our trusty guide, Amy.

A plane flying in over Sleeping Lady.

Steph and I slept over at Rebecca's nanny house. We had some good girl talk until wee into the morning :)

And then, we got to see all of the Alaskan ladies one more time at a surprise bridal shower for Amy. The theme was "Alaskan" of course. Andrea did a great job of hosting! The food and fellowship were great.

 One last group picture.

The trip back home was long, but no big deal, because Alaska was so worth it. I would recommend going there to anyone who even remotely likes the out of doors. It was a beautiful adventure. Thank you to all the Alaskans who made it so fun!