Early in the day Sharon and Joy watched
a raft of otters float on the bay right out in front of our motorhomes! It was amazing to watch the raft grow in size
and these frolicking little guys. Otters
will raft together when there is a school of fish nearby or easy access to
clams. We've learned each otter carries his favorite rock under their arm to
use to break open the clams. What fun to
watch as they roll around in the water! They can sure open the clams quickly.
We've seen a few eagles from a distance,
but not up close and personal like we would like. While visiting one of the local shops we heard a lady was given special permission to feed the eagles (something that is
very unusual and not encouraged throughout the State). She would feed them the byproducts from the
fish processing facilities. We
understand there were eagles everywhere on the Spit. The locals didn't like it because of the bird
waste left behind when the eagles departed. After she died in April, 2011, her
children were granted the permit for another year, but not this year, so the eagles
no longer hover over the Spit. We have also heard of a spot up at Deep Creek where
they like to frequent at low tide. So we
headed up there to see if we could locate them. We saw a couple but nothing
like we expected. Oh well, we still have
some time to explore the area.
The next few days they are predicting
rain so we have decided to go out halibut fishing Monday. The girls are going
along as well. Don & Joy’s son,
Bobby, will join us for the next few days, too. With 5 of us, we will have a limit of 10 halibut,
two per person per day. We are not sure what we do with all of the halibut. Most likely we will keep some to eat while we
are here and the rest we will have processed and shipped to the lower 48. Put your orders in. The halibut is really
abundant here so we should get our limit. Homer calls itself “the Halibut Capital of the World.” We‘ll see.
The end of another day.
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