Just for the halibut

July 3 – Gary went fishing yesterday and brought home two big halibut and 5 rock fish (they are like largemouth bass but bigger and black). Check out the photo of one of the halibut. We now have about 25 lbs of fish fillets in the freezer. You can only catch two halibut per person but the captain of the boat gets fish too so he asked Gary if he wanted to keep on fishing once he caught his two and naturally he said yes. He caught a total of 6, had to throw a couple of small ones back. He had to quit because his arms were too tired. (Wa, wa, sniff, sniff)

We drove to a neighboring village to check out their action. Not really any action but it sounds better. We found the point of the US that is the furthest west point of a highway. You see Val and Maggie standing next to the sign. We also saw a mama moose and her two kids; whatever they call them.

We went to check on the possibility of taking the ferry back instead of driving all the way through Canada. We had checked before and were told $7200 and that didn’t include a sleeping room. Someone told us that if we take the car and motorhome as separate vehicles it would be cheaper. We checked and sure enough it was cheaper. It came to $4800. Now I don’t know about you but that makes absolutely no sense to me. I still said “No way. That’s still way too much.” So the agent suggested leaving from Haines instead of the Anchorage area and going to Prince Rupert, Canada instead of Bellingham, Washington. The ferry trip would save 880 miles of driving but still cost over $2700. I figure it will cost about $450 to drive it. Enough said.

We ended the day by visiting a wonderful exhibit in Homer on the area’s ocean and islands. They had numerous displays on volcanic activity and wildlife preservation. It was great.