1 YEAR! (February 13-14, 2010)

On Sunday we celebrated our 1 year anniversary. To celebrate, we went down to Homer on Saturday. We pulled off at an overlook to take in a beautiful view of the Homer Spit, the mountains, and Mount Augustine (an active volcano). From the distance it is a faint white mound coming out of the ocean. We spent late morning and early afternoon on the Homer Spit watching the Bald Eagles. Bald Eagles are very common to the Spit in the winter, scavenging off of fish. About half of the buildings, lampposts, and logs had eagles perched on them. While walking along the docks on the Spit we spotted a sea otter going for what it seemed like a leisurely swim. It seemed so relaxed and carefree.

After visiting the Spit, we headed up the bluff to the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center. The bluff rises about 1200 feet above the Spit. By the water there was little to no snow. On the bluff there was about four feet. We were able to do some hiking while at the nature center but the deep snow made it a bit of a challenge. At one point we decided to cut off trail and Jon sank into the snow up to his waist. It was gorgeous and fresh, prefect for snowballs! On our way down the bluff we stopped in and ate at Fat Olives Restaurant, a cute little Italian Restaurant with some unique and delicious pizza to end our day in Homer.

On Sunday we did a low key hiking through the National Wildlife Refuge. The weather was very warm this weekend reaching about 40 degrees both days with plenty of sun.