Day 346. July 18, 2014. Not hungry in Homer!

LOCATION:  Homer, Alaska in SW tip of state

WEATHER:  Perfect. High around 70

Our mission today is to eat up our salmon.  Yesterday, we had sashimi and grilled fillets.  We started the day today with a salmon bagel, with cream cheese, capers, salmon, and salmon roe.  What a way to start the day!

Then we drove about an hour south to Homer.  It claims to be the halibut capital of the world.  It is on the tip of the mainland.  For you Minnesotans, the drive into town reminded us of entering Duluth.....beautiful views of the water as we descended from the bluff.

We are in a tiny campground called A Fisherman's Resort.  It is, indeed, for fishermen.  It is also a fish processing shop.  People bring in their fish to be gutted, cleaned, filleted, and packaged.  It is also a commercial fish shop selling halibut, salmon, and razor clams which are found here.  

I fixed lunch with (what else?) salmon.  I made a chilled Asian salad with rice vermicelli (sometimes called nylon noodles).  I coated the noodles in an Asian sauce, and served it with diced celery, diced salmon, and salmon roe.  

In the afternoon, we drove around town, visited the visitor center, and hiked a bit.  We drove to the Homer Spit, which is a little piece of land that juts out to the bay.  We had a drink outside at Land's End Bar.

This boat says Bering Sea on it, on its way out for weeks of fishing.

Back at the campground, George made a fire.  He talked with our neighbors, who had just caught several 100-pound halibuts.  Oh no, they gave us more fish!  We had surf n turf.  We had bought some ribs before we got the salmon.  So, we grilled them, along with the halibut filet.

We are going to stay here for a few days.  It is a nice fishing town.

DINNER:  The surf n turf, with a baked potato and steamed broccoli.