The Turner Travels: Fished out!

July was a fun month with a visit from my family and a trip to Ninilchick for some more halibut, yes you read right, more fish! The drive down was entertaining considering we were all crammed in the car for 6 hrs to Anchorage. Oddly enough no one wanted to sit next to Kaysen so I was granted that lucky seat! Kaysen was trooper and my family got to see Denali and what "real" Alaska looks like. We enjoyed their time here and Kaysen took full advantage of having Papa and Kane around to play with.
On the way to Ninilchick we stayed a night in Anchorage and Howie and the rest of our family got up extra early the next morning to try salmon fishing with our next door neighbor. I am sure glad I didn't go, but the stories were hilarious! Needless to say only Howie caught one messed up fish and everyone else headed back to the truck early because they were wet and cold within 5 minutes of getting to the river.
The boys took off the next morning to go Halibut fishing (which is EXHAUSTING!) and mom, Kaysen and I went to Homer to have a look around. Kaysen was bound and determined to throw every last rock into the water before we left. :) It was great to have my family here and I hated seeing them leave, but was so grateful they got to come out to visit.
July also brought warmer weather so that meant pools and bathing suits with our little friends. It also means berry picking time! We went here on base and picked blueberries and raspberries Now that being said, I did have a bucket of berries when we got in the car, by the time we got home the basket was empty and the only proof we had picked them was the pictures and the mess on Kaysen's face.