OK, we did have a few warm days last week…maybe 2 or 3 of them…and it was only warm if the sun was out.  (Warm = 70 degrees F. )   We are still waiting for the real summer to start, but it is looking a bit bleak. Anyway, we’ve actually been out camping once so far this “summer”—4 days down in Homer in early June, staying at the Heritage RV Park.  We’ve stayed there 3 years ago, and as before, we really enjoyed it. We rented a spot right on the water and had a gorgeous view. Of course something usually goes wrong on each trip, and this time we found out that we didn’t have any hot water. This was apparently because the hot water tank was never filled up and reconnected when we had the camper de-winterized. After unsuccessfully trying to get it to work, we finally gave up. This meant that if we wanted to take showers, we had to take them in the Heritage Park facilities. Well, this turned out to be a nice surprise…I’m not a fan of taking showers in public facilities, but in this case it was a pleasure. Heritage Park does a great job of keeping the facilities clean (I mean, really clean!). Also, the shower worked great 

One problem with this trip was that it rained for much of the time, and it was cold and windy. This made it difficult to bike ride or really want to go hiking or anything. However, the highlight of this trip was an 8-hour excursion with the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies. We went on a low tide tour and coastal forest hike where we saw a variety of marine and coastal life, and geological formations. The tide was at -5, making it a unique experience (much more sea/coastal life was exposed with the tide this low). It was a great experience and I highly recommend it if you are in Homer. One night we took the Kachemak Bay Ferry (the Danny J) across to Halibut Cove where we ate at the Saltry Restaurant where we had a mouth watering meal, drank too much wine, and then walked around to look at some of the galleries on the island.