Ramos Tribe Adventures: Our Trip to Homer

Keith had training to do in Anchorage and in Homer and since none of us had been to Homer before, we made it into a small vacation. Most of the days, Keith had to work at the Shorebird Festival, but the boys and I enjoyed exploring Homer. It was a wonderful trip and the beauty of Homer was breathtaking! The week before we headed to Homer it was raining and cold in Anchorage so we were beginning to worry that it would be the same in Homer, but we left Anchorage in a rainstorm with the hope that it would clear up. Here are some pictures of our trip down to Homer.

We stopped for Lunch at a yummy little Cafe on the way. My three boys enjoyed the Burgers!

Just as we thought the weather was going to be yucky, this is how the day turned out!

Our Family in front of the beautiful mountains and ocean!
Oh and about 15 Bald Eagles flying above us.

Keith Dreaming!!

Our wonderful Cottage that we stayed at! We stayed in the lower level

The View from our Cottage.... I could get used to this!!

The Morning fog over Homer, but we were just above the cloud level.SO COOL!!

Now I know where the song artist wrote "For Purple Mountains Majesty!"

Homer Spit

Keith doing a bird walk at work.
This is one of the reasons Keith loves his Job!

My wonderful Husband doing what he LOVES!!
Wildlife and Bird Photography

Kaden, Isaiah and I went on a few hikes.

Kaden enjoying SO MANY ROCKS!!!
He thought all of them were beautiful and he filled pockets with them by the end of the Hike.
(I have now found a few in my washing machine)

This rock was TOOO BIG to fit in my pocket
so I told him I would take a picture of him in front of it.

We just could not get enough of the views of the Mountains.
We stopped at every pull off on the road to take pictures.

Rainbow after a storm

We took a few boat tours during the Birding Festival.
We got to go around Gull Island to see a bunch of different birds and sea life.
Tuffed Puffins, Gulls, Sea Outters, Seals. and many more. It was Awesome!!
The Danny J~ the boat we took

Hmmmm I wonder why they call this Gull Island?

Kaden woke me up asking me "mommy is it Mother's Day?" I said "Yes" He then said
"Happy Mothers Day Mommy!! Did I surprise you? "
Yes he did and then he brought me a beautiful bouquet of Roses, Which I don't get very often in Galena. It was a sweet morning with my boys!

On the road trip back it was not raining so we stopped at a few stopped to enjoy the views and let the boys get out of their carseats. It was fun to see the mountains and rivers!

This is us in front of the PERFECT Christmas tree....
How much would the fine be for cutting a tree in the state parks flower bed?
I promise to replant one in its place!

Sunset in Anchorage

Keith and one of his co-workers, Jeremy had to stay in Anchorage for meetings and they had some fun after we left. They went to look for Dall Sheep and got to get in some golfing too.

Jeremy looking in the Mountains for Sheep

This moose is getting a Ed"Moose"cation.
Even down town at the University of Anchorage the Moose appear.
The Police has Moose duty

One way we see if new employees are cut out for Alaska is to tell them to see how close they can get to a moose without getting attacked by the moose or arrested by the police.
Jeremy survived both so I guess he is good to go!

The guys really "ROUGHED" it during their training. After work they went and played golf. The greens were really rough but they had a good time! With nice warm weather and Sunny Days...and nights how can you not enjoy yourself. Land of the Midnight Sun.