Seldovia in September

In September I went on a little two day jaunt with three friends from our ward to Seldovia. Usually when ladies get together for a getaway, shopping is involved, but considering that we live close to the largest "shopping mecca" in Alaska, that was not our main goal. We just wanted to do something so we picked a trip to Seldovia.

Seldovia is a small town of about 300 people and sits almost on the tip of the Kenai peninsula. The only way to get into Seldovia is by boat or plane. It is a quaint, pretty little town and the citizens take a lot of pride in it. Most of the people there are commercial fishermen. Seldovia is just large enough to support it's own school of close to 50 students - preschool through high school. This year there are no Seniors and just 3 Juniors. (We got this information from the preschool teacher at the local bar.)

Cherrie, Jodie, and Nancee. The bishop just told me he refers to us as the old ladies group. Ha! Ha! It really is definitely true in our ward as we are about the oldest ones in it.

In Homer looking across the bay towards Seldovia. That little bit of land is called the Homer Spit.

We spent the night at the Harbor Inn.

This ferry made two crossings each day when we went, that has since changed to three days a week, twice a day. You would really have to plan ahead if you needed anything more than the small grocery store offers. In fact someone on the ferry had just made the four hour trip from Anchorage where they had stocked up at Costco.


Dinner at the local Bar & Grill. We went the day after Labor Day which is just about a day too late to visit Seldovia. Nice because we were the only tourists in town, but not so nice when you need something to eat. By the time we landed and checked into our room, (6:00 p.m.) the only restaurant still open for business had closed for the day, the grocery store was closed and the tourist shops and other cafes, and such were closed for the season. Only the bar, with a sign advertising lunch was open. When we saw an elderly woman help her husband out of the car we felt it would be safe to go in and see if they sold anything besides drinks. Maybe popcorn or pretzels. Fortunately for us they keep prepackaged frozen sandwiches and hamburgers on hand.

The dock.

The Jack London Lollipop Park.

We went for a walk down the main street of Seldovia and met a number of these wooden sculptures. They hold an annual wood sculpture contest each year and the winners earn the honor of being on display in one of their many little parks that dot the main street.
Fishing cabins on the boardwalk.

Russian Orthodox Church with a padlock on the door. We tried to get a peek into the church, but the windows were too high.

It was nice to get to know these friends a little more. We are all in Alaska for a different reason. Jodie's husband is military and she has one year left here. Cherrie's husband manages the north slope operations for Conoco Phillips, and Nancee and her husband moved here 25 years ago for work. (I really, really hope that doesn't come true for us!) ***Oh, and we did find two quilt stores on our way here ... so we did get some shopping in!