I had the most memorable 4th of July weekend! A group of six of us (Janel, Stephanie, Cohan, Jason, Chase and myself) went on a little adventure! We left Friday to head down to Ninilchik to go halibut fishing on Saturday. On the way we made some fun stops. First we stopped at Girdwood to go to the Forest Fair. It reminded me a lot of the 24th of July celebration in Monticello except that it was a lot bigger, in the middle of a forest, and I didn't know anyone, and I was surrounded by hippies! I've never seen so much tie-dye and hula-hoops in my life! After Girdwood we stopped in Homer, there is more on that below!
Homer is such a funny little town down on the coast. The whole economy is supported by the fishing industry. We spent a lot of time on the Homer Spit, a really thin Peninsula, where all the boats are docked and there are a lot of little shops and restaurants. We skipped rocks on the beach for about an hour and were interrupted when an eagle swooped down and snatched a duck out of the water with its talons. With the duck in its claws it flew right over our heads about ten feet up and then up to a light post where it plucked all the feathers off the duck and ate it. We all just sat there and watched it until it flew off with the carcas. It was amazing! 
We got up super early Saturday morning to go deep sea fishing out of Ninilchik. We chartered with a guy named Frank. When we got to the shore, a tractor backed the boat out onto the water and then pulled us out again when we were done. It was a much smaller charter than the one Cindy and I went on. It was just Frank and the six of us. It was beautiful weather! And the fishing was really quick. We each maxed out with two halibut in about 4 hours! It was so much fun going with friends! After we finished fishing we went back to Frank's place and took pictures, fileted the fish, and vacuum packed the fish! Oh, and I took pictures with the puke green mustang that reminded me of Dad.
If you look really closely you can see a mountain in the distance. That is Mt. Redoubt, the volcano that has been active recently, and it is smoking!
Trying to bait my hook.
Janel, Stephanie, and Cohan
Jason, Marilyn, and Chase
Cohan fileting the halibut
Halibut are really ugly fish. They have a white side and a brown/spotty side. Also, when a halibut is born they have one eye on each side of their head, but as they mature one of thier eyes migrates to the same side as the other. They swim on the bottom of the ocean on their white side, and so they don't need an eye on that side, so that is why both eyes are on the brown side, looking up. 
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