Alaska Summer 2022: Homer
By the time we got to wonderful Homer, I felt we had really hit our slow travel groove. We were enjoying a nice balance of fun adventures and down time. We were exploring classic sites but also the road less traveled (sometimes too less traveled, see below haha). We were enjoying time as a family but also keeping in mind that every day needs an adventure so we can work up both our food related appetites but also our appetites for down time and family time. After a long but beautiful driving day from near Girdwood down to Homer, we were ready for a break. Fynn had woken up or had blow outs at inopportune times so we had made a couple unscheduled not ideal location stops- 3 actually- so what would have been a 4 hour drive without a newborn became a 6 hour drive. This was okay- I had specifically not scheduled more than 4 hours of planned driving, knowing this can happen- but our nerves were fried from the 10 minutes of bloody murder crying that Fynnie required to fall asleep after ...