Life Happens in Homer

Good morning, my friends. Welcome to July! It was cloudy for a good part of the morning, and so it was a good day to do some laundry. We'd already planned on Egg McMuffins. Is there a better way to start the day? It took the sting out of doing laundry just knowing we'd pre-reward ourselves with a sumptuous breakfast. And while I'd ordinarily entertain you with pictures of our food, today I'll break with tradition and show you the inside of this particular McDonald's. I liked these simple murals on the walls mainly, I think, because I recognized the places:

We'd just visited these places a few days before. Above is this little shopping area out on Homer Spit.

And this one below. Remember this?

It's the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Okay, so this one is the harbor in Homer. I didn't take any pictures of the harbor here.

But here's one I took while we were in Seward.

Okay, so that was kind of fun. From there, we headed to the laundromat. Good grief, I've never been in a laundromat so luxurious...nor so expensive! Check out how sleek this place is (not my photo):

Usually I'll use the laundry at the RV park (which has still been expensive). Here, there were only two washers and two dryers. I wanted to wash three loads, and so we ended up going to a commercial laundromat. In any case...Holy $h*t...$7 for a single wash and $3.50 for a dry. We only needed two dryers, so we were able to do three loads for a tidy $28 (in coin). Sheesh. Seems like someone should have done it for me at that price. 

Probably that's why they put this little ash bin at the front door. At least I was smiling and chuckling when I went inside.

Okay, so that should hold us for the week. Back at the camper, I finished off the 6th block for the Raggedy & Friends project.

Certainly I could not have done this without my fearless purrtector at my side.

Sadie kept watch on things outside. She can be a furrocious fighter when she needs to be.

Here are the blocks I have for this quilt so far.

Okay, so we're headed for Soldotna this morning. We'll have two nights there. I mentioned yesterday that I'd lost track of our reason for stopping in Soldotna...and why two nights? Well, there is a quilt shop. I've already determined that. Today I did a little internet scrolling and discovered the visitor center for the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is there. They'll be able to give us some tips on hiking trails in the area, and so that will give us some activities to keep us occupied. 

Also, Soldotna happens to have a Fred Meyer. Now this may not be exciting to most of you, but you should know that Fred Meyer is our grocery store back home. Finding it here in Alaska has been like finding English speakers in a foreign land. Knowing that, I've created another several days worth of menus, and we'll do some grocery shopping while we're there. Sounds exciting, huh?

Alrighty then. Time to get going. As always, I'll see you on the other side.