It’s hot, so we hit the beach to beat the heat! Lummi had a blast romping in the water with her friends, and Meryl discovered green seaweed and brown kelp!

 Thank goodness way too many things catch her interest to slow her down!

Cure for the heat! And then she spoke volumes ‘at volume’ allllll the way home on her sugar high:)

Line up: McKinley, Ada, Meryl, Kalgin, and Will!

 ...And the Homer pottery obsession continues!

With her own club too!  Teaching another generation the art of ‘roughing’ it:)

Catch from Lisa, hand-off to Grandpa, throw back to Lisa...again, and again!

 While Xanna and Grandpa watched Meryl, we skipped off across the bay to Tutka Bay Lodge for a cooking class! Salmon bacon, tortillas, king crab escabeche...and the real deal beach hair from sitting at the back of the boat!

A little while ago we made up a moose antlers song to get Meryl into her moose pajamas...and here we are with the real deal at the Anchorage airport!

 Back in Seattle with salmon and bubbles!

A nap, on a plane! Short and sweet. We’re home! Corralling pictures from Homer, it was a great week! Catch-up time tomorrow.

Well, we’ll take what we can get! No nap today, the plane is just too exciting.

Soooooooo many snacks! But we made it to Homer! And then forgot to take pictures with Xanna, Grandpa, Lisa, and David; lots of bubbles were blown on the deck. I was busy eating leftovers of borscht, potato salad, and cheesy grits:)

Penguins, cheetahs, and gorillas, oh my!