| We stayed three days on
this site and just read and rested in the sunshine. This is certainly the
nicest site we have been on this year. |  |
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But it is away from it all. This is the microwave dish for their telephone
and internet service. (Yes there is service - just.) The owners spend the
winter in Ontario. The site normally closes on August 15th but his wife was
trying to persuade him to stay open until Sept 1st this year. It is well
patronised. |
| The water comes from a
well and the power comes from a generator in this shed. Small wonder that he
required you to take away all your waste. He also has frequent bear
visitors. This site is remote! |  |
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At the end of the lake is this mud flat with grass struggling to grow in the
cracks. Here we are crossing a bridge before travelling on along the
lakeshore to the right. |
| A lot of weather for the
US starts in this area and we could see signs of quite a storm brewing. |  |
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But we travelled on and were not seriously troubled by the weather. There
were once many more glaciers around here if the flat bottomed valleys are
anything to go by. |
| Cloud level was low as we
left the Alaska Highway and headed down the Haines Highway from Haines
Junction (blink and you miss it). |  |
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The highest point on the Haines Highway is not very high but it is still
enough today to put you in the clouds. |
| Seriously into the
clouds! |  |
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Once over the pass there are snow covered peaks as we begin our descent.
Oddly we are now in British Columbia but the last 40 miles of this road are
in Alaska and the US. |
| The Canadian Customs post
which we just pass by. The US post is another 20 miles. |  |
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Much more technology with scanners. But they were friendly enough. Usual
questions about alcohol, drugs and tobacco, and firearms. He was puzzled
about us owning the RV when we are English. It is always a good tale to
explain our Ohio tags. Most Americans think New York state is a screwy place
too. |
| This is the Chilkat River
and along here is where American bald eagles gather in the fall to feast on
the dying salmon. The area is home to the Tlingit people and their mother
village is at Klukwan which is near here. |  |
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A working fish wheel which catches the fish and puts them in a side pool.
The workers are emptying the pool with a net while the wheel keeps on
turning. The salmon are not really running here yet. |
| This is still a river
although we are almost at the sea. Haines is just off to the left. |  |
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Even the smallest towns here have an airport which seems full of small
planes. |
| Haines is not really a
tourist town and not really a native town. It is just a dying town. The
hammer museum does not open at weekends. They have 1800 hammers of all
sorts. Bizarre! |  |
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The small boat harbour at Haines. This must rank as one of the sleepiest
places we have been. |
| There is a bit of fishing
from the harbour but most of the boats were not working boats. |  |
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