Cranes, Saltry, Gull Island, Time Bandit

Hello everyone. We have had a busy day. We'll show you the day with these pictures. The picture below is a Sand Hill Crane and its baby.

Here's the baby. These are in the yard of the B&B we are staying at.

This a picture of one of the many glaciers we noticed across the bay.

We took a boat across the bay to Halibut Cove. On the way they showed us Gull Island. It is absolutely covered with birds.

Here's a picture of an eagle attacking seagulls. We saw this several times while we went around the island. The eagle is a very good hunter even if the pickings are good.

Across the bay we stopped and ate at a small restaurant called The Saltry. It is where they used to salt herring.

Next to the Saltry, they had a very nice intertidal pool with the animals and vegetation found . . . all were live. Here's Sue with a starfish.

On the way back we learned that the captain of the Time Bandit, Captain Jonathan was going to be at their store on the Homer Spit. We stopped over and Sue got an autographed picture.

Here's Bob getting his shirt autographed. He seemed like a nice guy.

So, tomorrow we will check out and head towards Anchorage. It's about 250 miles but its on a two lane road with lots of RVs, boats, and construction so we will just take our time.

We hope you are all doing well.

Bob & Sue