Finally the day came for us to drive to Homer which is about a 6 hour drive from Palmer. The day was sunny, however, tomorrow the weather was not looking as good. It has been a rainy and cool weather summer and the rainy forecast didn’t surprise us. As we were driving south of Anchorage, our phone rang and it was our pilot from Kachemak Air telling us that the flight out tomorrow did not look promising. He also gave us the news that if he couldn’t take us in tomorrow he couldn’t take us period as his next days were booked. He said he would call with an update later this evening. That news gave us pause, but knowing weather can change quickly we remained upbeat that it would be a go tomorrow. As we made our way to Homer the weather continued to deteriorate. Homer was quite the end of road destination with the strip being quite busy. We were able to find a place to park for the night at the Marine park run by the city. For 30 dollars we had a parking spot with porta potties. Then the rain began and the clouds rolled in. Around 9 Jimmy, the pilot called and gave a more positive report. He had flown today and was hopeful that we might be able to make it to our destination tomorrow. He couldn’t promise anything though and would call again in the morning. With the rain pounding on the van roof and the visibility becoming less we began to have some doubts if our bear adventure was going to happen.