Step off of the boat and directly into a warm welcome that greets you on the banks of the village of Seldovia, Alaska. This welcome comes from Angela at the Boardwalk Hotel and with it a lunch of fresh halibut and brownies. Lunch is delicious, yet will serve as just your first taste of a different sort of hospitality that exists in this idyllic seaside village where time seems to have long ago come to a standstill.
 
Once upon a time, Seldovia (which is located on the Kenai Peninsula across Kachemak Bay from Homer) was the fishing hub of Cook Inlet. It was bigger than its now much larger neighbor, Homer, with a fish cannery and other businesses driving a bustling economy. Most of the town was built on an incredible boardwalk to service the fishing community, and was known as the ‘Boardwalk Town.’ Then came the 1964 earthquake that destroyed the boardwalk and altered life.