Homer, AK

After a couple days in Anchorage we headed down to the Kenai pennisula. Remembering that we are visiting when everything is still frozen, I have to say this was BEAUTIFUL!! You drive right through the middle of the Kenai pennisula following the Kenai river and even with it being winter it was a gorgeous drive. We lucked out on the way down with clear skies and roads and finally stopped at the end of the road in Homer, AK. Now let me describe Homer to you. It is a smaller town, around 3000 people. It's definitely a fishing down, we boats constantly going in and out of the harbor. We loved it. We stayed out on the Land's End Resort and rented one of their condos. This place was amazing, the one we rented was a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom house that was literally on the beach. It had all the amentities you could possibly need; fireplace, full kitchen, steam shower, laundry. And it was beautiful and well maintained to boot! For our family it was perfect, the kids could go out and play on the beach and I could sit in a chair in front of the fire and keep an eye on them or sit out on the deck and soak up sun while my manchild tried his hand at fishing(he even caught a couple halibut!) It was quiet, peaceful and very relaxing. While we were there we made a couple tourist stops. My favorite was stopping by my favorite winery Bear Creek Wines. The manchild and I stopped by and did a wine tasting and the staff there was amazing. The lady that did our tasting gave us a history of the winery and descriptions of each of the wines and added humor in as well(She did such a good job I ended up with a box of wine when I left, hmm). The manchild and I also had to stop by a historical landmark The Salty Dawg Saloon. This place was crazy! There were dollar bills hanging everywhere and it gave almost a seaweed type feel. The bartender was very funny and informative about the saloon and made the experience so much fun! The other stop we made was The Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. This was a free visitor center that was set up similiar to a museum and was pretty small with not much for the younger crowd to do but was FULL of information and a good resource about the area. During the winter not much will be open as far as the tourist crowds go but there is a ton available during the summer. From helicopter and boat wildlife tours, fishing and hiking, I would say Homer is one of my must dos if you are coming to Alaska.