Homer Sweet Homer

Love in Homer! :) 

Here I am, back at Sips and Suds doing laundry, so it must mean it's time for another post! So funny here at this laundry place. It's always busy no matter how early you come and there is no real system to marking your spot in line for a washer. So you just sit there and wait, then when one opens up, you have to run for it and claim your washer! Maybe it will be a new reality show..."Combat Laundry Mats" or "Battle of the Laundry". Anyways...this post is not about laundry so sorry to bore you! :) But seriously, it gets crazy in here! At least they have coffee and delicious sandwiches to keep us happy! 

David and I finally got some days off together and decided to get away to Homer for 2 days. It  was awesome and I really liked the town! When we were first taking off and packing the car full of our camping stuff, overnight bags, and things, we spotted the cutest squirrel! He was so tiny and cute, just sitting there up in our tree, nibbling away on his little morning breakfast. Inspired by a blog of a friend, I named him Chipp (after Disney's Chipp and Dale) and we hope to see him again! :) He seriously was so cute and he let me get up pretty close to take his picture. 

Lil Chipp having his breakfast!

Homer was a pretty far drive, as everyone had told us, but for some reason I really didn't think it'd take so long. We stopped halfway for pizza and stuffed ourselves! We were hungry and a little hung over from the night before so pizza was perfect! The drive was gorgeous! In and out of the mountains, along riversides, and lakes. There is something about the water here that is mesmerizing. It's color is so tranquil and beautiful, it's like a glacier, turquoise blue. Not even a camera can capture it's beauty! When ever I look at it, I can't help but feel like I'm being renewed and healed. It might be one of my favorite things this landscape has to offer so far! 

Beautiful Blue Water

Anyways, we finally made it to Homer and it was a normal overcast day that a town on the bay would have. To me, it automatically felt like a mix between Santa Cruz boardwalk (it's cute and artsy) and an episode of the deadliest catch (a big halibut fishing community there). We spend a few hours walking the spit, exploring the fun shops (I bought myself a pretty moonstone ring!), scooping out where to eat later, and of course made a spot at the famous 'Salty Dawg Saloon', a bar at the end of Homer Spit. It's...well...salty. The walls covered in dollar bills, women's signed bras, and the even bar tender fit the description of "salty". 

Salty Salty :)

After wondering around, our bellies grew hungry, and after doing a little research, we located a sushi resturaunt that had amazing views of the farm land, bay, and even a glacier! The views were great, but we were dying for some sushi because there is no sushi in Seward! :( We ordered 3 rolls of different kinds and sadly quickly became disappointed, it wasn't that good. But the views were amazing, our server was sweet, and we were on a lil 2-day vacation so oh well! :) 

Cute Lil Shops on the Spit

David being goofy on the beach!

We spent some time walking on the beach, looking for cool rocks, seashells, and other trinkets. I found a rock that looked like a heart and made a game a of finding the most "heart-looking" rock we could find. We found one and made it the winner! 

My heart rock!

After we got our fill of walking around, we picked our camp spot right on the beach on the spit! And I was going to get my lesson of setting up a tent and starting a fire. Of course the lesson began with wine first. It was fun setting up our spot and setting up a fire. My first lesson was "usually you want to set up camp before it gets dark, but this is Alaska, so as long as we set up before 1am we're ok". We set up our tent fine, had an easy time starting a fire, and started to make smores! The secret to a good smore is not to use hersey's chocoalte. LOL! We bought some nice and yummy 72% dark chocolate which went perfectly well with our melty marshmallows and cinnamon graham crackers! Mmmmmm!! Here are some pictures from our camping experience...was so fun! 

Love in Homer...wacky and silly (I don't know how to rotate the photo, LOL!)

Roasting the Mallows!

Scrumptious Dark Chocolate S'mores

Our Campsite-it's close to midnight in this picture! Land of the Midnight Sun!

We woke up to a light rain and packed up! We searched for the best breakfast place in Homer and found our way to Sourdough Cafe. Let me begin by saying.... "OH.MY.GOODNESS"! It was the best breakfast! It was funny too, me and David had been talking about how we have yet to eat at a place that blew our minds, but I think we spoke too soon! This place was amazing! He ordered the salmon scramble with cinnamon french toast and I got the veggie scramble! Both were amazing, but the winner was the cinnamon french toast! Best french toast we both have ever had! We liked it so much that we bought a loaf to take home! Mmmm Mmmmm Mmmm!! Was so good! We stuffed out faces and washed it down with hot coffee! If we go back to Homer, we'll for sure be back at the sourdough to eat! 

Delicious Coffee! They even gave us a little free sample of pastry while we waited for food!

David's delicious meal!

My veggie scramble complete with cauliflower, sweet potato, purple cabbage, and carrots! :)

After breakfast, we wondered around the artsy part of Homer, full of funky stores, fun local bookstores, and yummy coffee! David bought some books and I got some coffee. We felt done with shopping and wandering around and decided to head back to Seward!

Cute Bookstore! We could of spend hours and hours in there! What a find!

I really liked Homer! It was a funky little community, full of spirit, and interesting things! We made it home safe and I am hoping that we get to go back to Homer before the end of summer! We shall see! I think that's all I have to say about Homer. :) It sure was nice to get away for a couple days and spend time with David too! Who knows what next week will bring....hopefully more camping & adventure! 

Thinking of you all! Love and Hugs!! :)

Love, Jillian