Summer Inn Bed and Breakfast Haines

... sie zu sich nach Hause einladen und ihnen dann auch noch Frühstück machen. Respekt! Geile Scheiße.
Jim gab uns dann noch den Tipp, wenn wir n bisschen weit** weg fahren vom Ort kommen wir an nen See, an dem öft**s Bären Fische fangen. Also sind wir da hingefahren, Bären haben wir leid** keine gesehen, dafür unendlich viele Steinadl** und Weißkopfadl** beim Beutefang. War ziemlich aufregend und einfach toll!!

Jetzt gehts dann bald zur Fähre, bis die Tage.
Che**s

... his home to the tune of $100,000. His house was on our way back so he stopped in front of it. It was cute but man - that much money! In Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway each tour guide said that real estate is pretty expensive because there's really no place to build between the ocean and the mountains. Groceries, dry good, etc. are a little more costly because it all has to come over via a barge. Juneau had two McDonalds and ...

... give the 'Bullwinkle' moose wave at the people on the other train. Now with the other people making moose horn waggles at us sitting in the stalled train- our passengers are morose and the moose waggle is taunting us. People want to Flip Off Bullwinkle!
What is the Alaska State Bird? No...not the mosquito!! No...not the Bald Eagle!! it is the Willow ptarmigan. Who Cares?? Nobody is into this Trivia ****! People are watching out ...

... t say, "Say Cheese!!") I snapped a quick photo and said thank you and she was on her way. Hayden was a ripping angry bull. I thought he was going to run into the men's room and give himself a swirly. No give me a swirly!! We quickly finished our drinks, then ran into a bakery for some sandwiches for our journey. We were herded like cattle into the train depot and waited with the throngs to board the train to White Pass.

... we watch another bear fishing, then around another corner we slow down and drive behind a big mama ambling up the middle of the road in front of us! We drove slowly and Hayden hung out the window of Mustard-Colored Scion snapping away. The bear came to a crest on the road, the sky was pink and the sun was setting over the Chilkoot Lake surrounded by mountains and she turned to look at us a moment, then went down over an ...

... hugging the harbor. The original settlement was built on stilts over the river, which provided transportation and possibly sanitation at the same time. The old town is now a collection of artsy/tourist shops, connected by the hanging walkways, and the setting is picturesque. Forests and mountains rise up behind it. There is a 14-mile trek from the back of town through the forest to the other side of the mountain, with spectacular views after mile 7. Carol tried a bit of ...

... organization.

Mud Bay Road was another beautiful drive with views of the water and glaciers. Watched about 6-10 young eagles flying in the trees next to the road. They didn’t venture out very far and were constantly chasing each other. The small boat harbor was very picturesque. The end of the road is Chilkat State Park. Great views of Davidson Tidewater Glacier and the Rainbow ...

... foresty trail the rain started. At one of the viewpoints we could just make out Ketchikan and the cruise ships far below through the fog, but by the time we reached the summit the fog and rain had completely closed in. Strangely we bumped into a Kiwi couple up there, drenched like us, so we all huddled in the cabin at the top for a while until the rain subsided. We joked that we antipodeans are the only ones silly enough to attempt that hike in the rain, but we’d heard that you can ...

... my idea for the doodle that graces the title page of our journal wasn't all that original. The difference is that mine has sort of a logger-type riding an unspecified species of fish.
More Pacific Northwest Indian images surround us as we wander the area. In the Alaskan Indian Arts building, we see an artist working on an enormous and beautiful totem pole, which we understand was ...

It's been nice enough seeing Skagway, with its historic main district, vintage cars, and outgoing shopkeepers, but it's time now to leave the carved billikens, dancehall girls, and fudge shops to their intended devotees and light out for quieter territory.
We've clearly awakened our Skagway host too early for comfort this morning for our ride to the ferry terminal, as she, like every resident in town, it seems, had ...