The Alaskan Holmans: Our Marathon Weekend

Me and Matt with our catch :)

So completely forgot to write about our crazy weekend last weekend! Matt had rescheduled our halibut fishing trip for the first weekend after school started (not smart on his part!). So Friday after school got out, I rushed home to get stuff ready. Matt was already home early and had started to get stuff out to go. We had to take the dogs to two different sitters and then stop in Anchorage for food and our bibs (for the race we were running Sunday).

We got into Homer around 11:30 and pulled into our camping spot. We had already decided we would just camp out in our car. That is something we'll never do again! Very uncomfortable. And Matt took all my space! We woke up at 6 the next morning and showered. Thank goodness our campground had showers! And they were free!!! Even better!

Matt hauling one in

Our boat left the dock at 7 and thankfully didn't have to turn around this time!! We fished all morning. Found a great little "elementary" patch of fish. I caught my two quickly and was done. Matt decided he wanted to work more and kept throwing his back hoping for a bigger one - one that never came. He eventually got his two and we were done. Everyone on the boat caught their limit. I didn't puke or feel sick (two other girls, however, weren't so lucky). So all in all it was a great success!

Matt in front of Bear Creek Winery

We got in from the ocean early and headed over to the Bear Creek Winery where we tasted some interesting, fruity wines. I settled on a Peach Apricot.

We headed out of Homer at about 2:00 or 2:30. We thought we would actually get home at a decent time, but there was more in store for us. A few miles south of Girdwood, there was a head-on collision that closed the highway until 10 that night. So we didn't get home until midnight. The Seward Highway is one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska. People are just not smart on that road. Unfortunately, the driver of the car that was doing the right thing was the one that died that night. So sad!

Us before the race

Well, so, we got home late and had to wake up early the next morning for our last race of the summer. The Snow City 5k started at 930 on Sunday. I was wiped out and did not do as well as I wanted. I still beat my last years time by 6 seconds, though. Still had a great time!!!