General Discussion & Chat: Best/ worse/ ? did you learn today #28visit with friends..., 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Betty,

Do you realize that it took ONLY 5 days to get to 218 Posts on Thread #27????
The first Post was on Jan 11. The 218th Post was on Jan. 16th! WOW!!!!!! Do we yak--or do we yak!!!!

Betty, If you are hoping for a get-together among all us folks--it better be a half-way point somewhere. Seems I am the "closest" one......at 10 hours. HA!!!! NONE of us will be driving those distances--even though in our hearts we would love to.

And--to everyone here dreaming about what color bridesmaid dresses they would look good in------------------:o(--------------------still no response! It has now been a week and a half. Enough time for a quick response--if HE wished to do so. Also--the letter has NOT been returned as undeliverable. I will just be "biding my time" on this. Then--I will have to realize that HE did not want to re-connect and bring up old "stuff"..........
I DO still get a bit excited (every day) when I see the Mailman come. SO!!!!! You all will just have to just hang in there with me!

Let me see if I can find another great picture to post for you......................

OK! This is the "Salty Dawg Saloon" on the Homer Spit. It is a MUST for a stop for some of their home-brewed beer that they bottle and serve in recycled juice bottles. NO! You are NOT allowed to take one home with you. There are one dollar bills stuffed in every nook and cranny in this place. I kept thinking that someone could rob this place and walk off with a few hundred$$$. It is just not so in Homer! People leave their homes unlocked so friends can come and go if they are away. I found this a bit strange....but they DO!

It seems to be a custom in several other bars/pubs in Alaska to do this. There is another one (somewhere--can't think of the name) we have been to that is half sunken into the ground at an angle as a result of the 1964 Mega-Earthquake. Seriously! The bar tilts down--so you better hang on to your beer! I would have to dig through my Photo Albums to find the name of this one--BUT---here, you have to stop just to gawk at all the things people have felt compelled to leave behind. Bras--underwear--coins--sentiments written on the most bizarre things, all hanging from the ceiling and the walls! SOLID! EVERY inch of space! All we did was drop a few nickels down into the wall.

Just FYI--The Homer Spit is a 5 mile long spit into the sea. One of two, this long, in the World! There is only one other --and it is somewhere in the Orient. A "Spit" is a thin strip of land that projects into the sea. In Homer, it is the most visited attraction for tourists. It is chock-full of all kinds of shops and shanties as well as bars and restaurants. That is also where the "Eagle Lady" has lived for some 30 years. At the very end of "The Spit" is a really great restaurant called--what else?--"The Lands End". Great food! Great view! Great beer! It is also from where the Ferry takes off for other wonderful excursions along the Bay.

SO! Here is one picture of the inside of the "Salty Dawg" bar on Homer Spit.