Monday, July 15, 2024

JULY 15

 In an effort to get full value for our money, we stayed at Land’s End right up until check out time. Then up the spit, slowly enough that I could take a few pictures to illustrate the true Alaskan spirit of the place. 











On to East End Rd with the glacier peeking around every opening in the trees. I now have a collection of glacier photos to rival National Geographic. I promise to only share the best of the lot. 

We were on the hunt for another old friend. Rita Jo Schultz at Alaska Perfect Peony. For years she owned and operated Fritz Creek Nursery and we sold blue poppies to her for resale in her business. She now deals exclusively with peonies. She grows them and ships them all over the world in bud form. If you have bought peonies lately, they may very well have come from her or one of the other producers in Homer AK. 

She was happy to see us and gave me free rein to take photos from the growing beds to the processing tables to the coolers. Fascinating! I thought I knew a little about the plant business but this is a whole new game. The wholesale business of selling plants rooted in a pot is vastly different than selling blooming cut flowers to temperamental brides. Rita Jo takes it all in stride. 









 

They weren’t shipping any flowers today but the boxes are ready. 
Thank you Rita Jo for the lovely peony gift. I’m going to pass them on to our new bride, Erin. 

Back on the road, we drove all the way to the end of Kachemak Bay. View of the mountains and their hanging glaciers were spectacular. 








Behind that white fence was a Russian Graveyard. Time to turn around. We had an uneventful trip back to Homer. I’m fixing dinner for us tonight with a little help from the Safeway Deli. Meatloaf and green salad. 


BTW Google maps tells me we were 4,550 miles away from our home in Hammond LA last night at Land’s End. We are about 2 miles closer to home tonight.