August 7, 2007, Homer, AK

The first thing we did today was the weekly wash. We finished just in time to take a boat tour to Seldovia. It is about 90 minutes or 15 miles from Homer. They go the long way over and pass a couple of islands to view seabirds. Gull Island is the home of black-legged kittiwakes, tufted and horned puffins, red-faced cormorants, murres and, of course, gulls. We also saw some more sea otters at gull island and along the way to and from Seldovia. Seldovia is a small town across the bay from Homer. It can only be reached by water or air. We had 3½ hours there to sightsee and eat lunch. Before the 1964 earthquake there were 2000 residents engaged in fishing and canning. The earthquake destroyed that industry and now there are only about 300 residents. Their main business is tourism