Tok to Haines Junction  Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Drove 250 miles from Tok to Haines Junction.    The road was even worse today – a long stretch of construction where the roadbed was torn up and it was just mud and gravel. We can barely see what color the car is it is so full of mud and dirt.    We did see a grizzly bear by the side of the road and a baby moose.

 

Haines Junction to Haines  Wednesday, August 13, 2003

      Finished up the last 150 miles down to Haines, which was an incredibly beautiful drive through mountains with snow in places and lakes right up to the base of the mountain.    One of the prettiest drives in Alaska.   Stopped and took a short 1-mile hike up a ‘rock glacier’ that is essentially a giant rock field.    We saw a mountain goat, but it was too high to get a picture.    

Arrived in Haines and had to decide between a campground right on the bay (but all gravel, no grass or trees) and one on the north side of town with lots of grass and space between sites.    We decided we had enough gravel and dirt, so elected to stay at the campground with grass.    The weather is terrible – rainy and cool and is expected to stay this way for days, so not being on the bay is probably a good thing because it will be colder and windy.    A bonus is this campground has high-speed internet access right at our site.

 Haines  Thursday, August 14, 2003

Rain, rain, rain.    I worked in the morning and Jack watched golf.    The rig gets very small after a while, so we went out in the rain just to check out the shops in town. Stopped at the ferry terminal to pick up our tickets and ask some questions.    We are working on finishing up all our freezer and refrigerated food because we our refrigerator will be shut down on the ferry.    

 Haines  Friday, August 15, 2003

Still raining.    The roof started leaking again, so we had to cover it with plastic and anchor it down.    We’ll duct tape it if it ever stops raining until we get home and can get the skylight replaced.    I worked almost all day and Jack watched golf.    Won’t it ever stop raining?

 Haines  Saturday, August 16, 2003

The sky is still threatening, but at least it isn’t raining.    I worked again this morning while Jack watched the golf tournament.    Went to the Southeast Alaska State Fair – what an afternoon!    We saw real people (not showmen) throwing full handle axes, chainsaw competitions, bucksaw (I didn’t know what this was, but it’s the kind that two people pull) – what a people watching feast!    We really wanted to see the log rolling, but it got too cold and windy and the half-dozen different types of log cutting matches were taking too long.

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