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Sunday, June 10 Happy Fathers Day!! We spent a little time going to the Alaska Wild Berry Products gift shop. The year 2004 commemorates Alaska Wild Berry Products’ 57th year in business. Since 1946 they have used native berries harvested by hand from the wilderness of Alaska to produce jams, jellies and sauces of the excellent quality and taste. Other gift items were also available including native craft, shirts etc. We picked up a box of candy and some other products before heading into Homer and catching the boat to Seldovia. Seldovia is "home to 307 friendly people and a few old crabs". That is really their slogan. We had gone to a coffee shop to possibly eat lunch and this lady was sitting on the porch working on a craft. Laura and some others walked in the shop and I was trailing along taking some pictures. As I got up on the porch, the lady said, "well, I suppose I better see what they want". I think this is the same person that said Bill Reed could work in Seldovia leading the tourist from the boat to the town. He asked about some training and she said he did not need any additional training to be an "old crab". Seldovia is located in the entrance of Seldovia Bay on the southern portion of Kachemak Bay. It is only accessible by sea or air. We walked on the historical boardwalk where we saw houses of 75 to 100 years ago. We also visited St Nicholas Church, still standing after 100 years. Eskimo, Aleut, Indian, Russian, Scandinavian, German, and many other peoples congregated in Seldovia, providing a rich and varied heritage that still survives. Most were seafaring peoples and they oriented themselves to the water, geographically and economically The following pictures were taken in Seldovia and the cruise over to the town.
After the cruise to Seldovia, we returned to Homer where we ate at Fishermen Restaurant. Since prime rib was a Fathers Day special, I chose beef over fish. We returned to the bed and breakfast to prepare for an early start the next morning.
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