I guess “Hello, World” really is an appropriate way to start a blog.  After all, that’s what we’re doing - announcing ourselves to the world.   So here we go.

The Good Karma Inn is a beautiful bed and breakfast on the outskirts of Homer, Alaska with a spectacular picture-postcard view of Kachemak Bay and the snow covered Kenai Mountains complete with glaciers.  So where the heck is Homer?  Here’s a map:

Map of Alaska

Inset: Kenai Peninsula

As you can see, Homer is at the bottom of the Kenai Peninsula, at the end of the Sterling Highwayand on the coast.  This works out nice for us because the warm ocean currents travel north from Mexico and California, up the west coast of North America and warm the coastal communities of Alaska.  The difference in temperature from the coast to 20 miles inland can be 20 - 25 degrees!. So our winters are relatively mild. Much milder than Minnesota, Wyoming, or the Dakotas. The coastline here is called the “banana belt” of Alaska.

Our winter weather can range from about 0 degrees or slightly below (a cold snap) up to about 45 or 50 degrees. Right now, it’s a balmy 40 degrees, sunny and clear.

Aloha from Homer.