Still Having Fun in the North

Highlights of Haines, AK

We spent some quality time at the Haines Library which was voted the best small library in America.  We bought several used books there and used the Wi-fi.

At Haines, we found a free campsite with a great view of the port and town.  We love to spend time cooking our own meals.....great hamburgers. 

Here Tami is playing in the ocean just feet from our campsite.


We walked around Fort Seward one morning.  The views were awesome.  This row of houses were the homes of the officers and their families back when the fort was an active military site.  

We never get tired of taking self portraits.  This was on a hike near Haines.

We left Haines by way of another ferry.  Destination.....Skagway, AK.  The one hour ferry saved us over 300 km of driving.  (Like the metric reference?)

On the ferry, we hung out on the upper deck.  There were people there that had been "camping" on the ferry for days.

Skagway had lots of history including how they cleared the railroad tracks when the snow piled up.  This monster was huge!  Skagway also had lots and lots and lots of shops .......half of which were jewelry shops.  We didn't buy anything except a t-shirt, hat, and an ice cream cone.

The road out of Skagway, AK was like the rest of the North.....breathtaking.

Yesterday, we saw a record number of bears on the Cassiar Highway....This is one of five that we saw.

We took a side road down to Stewert, BC to see another glacier.  "Cool"

We'll be in Canada for the next couple of days and then back in the good old USA!