Woke up to overcast skies but amazingly no rain. We booked a half day halibut charter from noon to 6 instead of the 6am to noon cause we didn't feel like getting up early to cold and wet conditions so we went to breakfast and did some laundry in the AM. Tom noticed a missing front motor mount bolt and fixed that today as well. Homer has a 2 -3 mile spit that has all the docks for the commercial and charter fishing boats as well as numerous gift/souvenir shops, restaurants and bars. There are also RV parks as well as tent camping on the public beach. The tide change here is 27 feet! Second largest behind the Bay of Fundy. The weather was warming up as the morning went on and it was in the upper 50's and partly sunny by the time we got to the boat. We booked on the Sizzler which is a 50 footer that takes 20 people max which we had. The boat pulled from the dock on time and goes out around the spit and has an 1-1/2 hour ride out. As were going out the temp starts dropping and the skies start darkening. Were beginning to think we have a personal cloud that follows us around! As we pull up to the fishing location and they give us our poles and instructions the skies open up and it rains the rest of the day! There is a 2 fish/day limit on Halibut here but you can throw them back til you decide which are your keepers. The fish average 10 -15 pounds but the boat took a couple in the 20's and Joe Lodi had the big fish of the day at 60#'s. See the pics. Tomorrow we head back to Anchorage to bring Donna & Doreen back to the airport for the flight home. We've covered pretty much all the roads/sights to Alaska and with the weather we've had the decision was to head out a couple days early.
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