Finally, we found some time to upload some cool photos of our trip:

This is Mt. Redoubt, which started erupting in March, but is still spewing clouds of gas. They expect another lava eruption anytime. We are looking at it from the Kenai Peninsula, across Cook Inlet (on our way to Homer). We're about 20 miles away! There's still volcanic ash all over the streets and plants.

This is a sunset from our Anchorage hotel room. We're staying at the Hotel Captain Cook--one of the nicest places in all of Alaska.

At the Soldotna show (the first one), we got the coveted "bear booth." Steph thought of putting one of our catalogs in the bear's claw.

We saw some eagles on our drive to Homer, but the best shots we got were at a trash dump. I guess eagles are pretty much scavengers. They sure look beautiful, though.

Speaking of beautiful, here's a shot we're going to send to Irish Dancing & Culture magazine. In the background is Homer Spit. It's pretty much "the end of the world."

This shot is from Homer. It's the halibut fishing capital of the world. We've been eating lots of halibut on this trip--yumm.

This is from Homer Spit too.

This shot is from a scenic overlook as you enter Homer, Alaska. I've been told Homer is the prettiest place in Alaska. It's hard to argue. And we had an unusually beautiful day for our visit.

One of several wild moose we've seen on our trip. This was one of three who crossed the road just ahead of us. Alaskans find this pretty ho-hum, but it's still cool to us. Note: 162 moose have been killed by motor vehicles on the Kenai Peninsula since last July!

This cool shot was taken on our way back from Homer. In the foreground is a Russian Orthodox cemetary. Cook inlet and a mountain range we don't know the name of is in the background.

This is the Turnagain Arm--on the way from Anchorage to Soldotna/Homer.

This is a mountain (duh). We stopped at a wildlife conservation area where they have various Alaskan animals behind fences. These are elk.

A genuine grizzly bear (called brown bear here). It was inside a fence.

A moose.

More later!