Bennett asked why the name of the town was Haines Junction when we were going to Haines the next day. When you live where we do there's no reason for "junction" in a name. In Alaska where there are, quite literally " NO backroads, everything has "Junction" in a name! (TOK Junction, Delta Junction, Haines Junction--3 of our last locations in AK/Canada).
Day 29 (July 19)
I personally dreaded the drive to Haines Junction because it was a 5.5 hour drive with most of it on "road damaged" or washboard roads. That meant it was going to take WAY more than just 5.5 hours! We didn't even time it this time because we knew from driving it on the front end of our trip that it would just depress us!
We made the best of it though. There were several road work areas we waited in too. One thing we've noticed up here is the 18 wheelers go FAST on all roads--even the torn up ones! We figured it was because they don't own the vehicle like all the RVers do, so they don't care as much.
We finally got to our campground in Haines Junction around 945pm. Thank goodness we'd reserved a spot because there was a triathlon starting there the next morning and ours was the only one open!
This is what my people do when it's so light outside they have no clue it's almost 10pm:
Build log chairs by screwing them together:
Ignore the sideways pic. Blogger loads some correctly and others not.
Work on learning how to make a monkey's fist knot (and be really over mom taking any and all pictures).
Day 30 (July 20)
The drive to Haines from Haines Junction was only 3.5 hours. This is where we will get on the Alaska Marine Highway ferry that will take us down to Bellingham, Washington. The goal is to get to Haines and find some fishing areas for Jeff and Ry.
Guess what? We had beautiful roads for most of thos trip so we were thrilled! (I know this doesn't mean much to some people, but when you're literally driving your home, it means A LOT!!
Random side note: we have gotten yet gotten a stamp in our passports and I really wanted one. Knowing this was our last day of traveling between countries, I asked the agent why. It's basically because of the relaxed relationship between Canada and America. He was nice enough, however, to give us a tourist stamp. Made my day! I mean come on....doesn't everyone want a stamp or is it just me?
To celebrate our last day driving around Alaska, God arranged for us to have a view! Let me tell you he came out in full force and we loved every bit of it!
What they found was a patch of snow that started melting in an area that formed an arch type shape they could climb into--and then they found a hole to pop out of! All I got was 4 sandwiches 🥪!
The light bouncing off the snow was pretty bright!
We found an RV park so we got hooked up and started laundry before heading out to explore. Haines is a beautiful little community and I wish we had a bit more time to stay but such is life! I'd been wanting to see totem poles this entire trip but we haven't seen many. Apparently they're all here!
We ventured down to the Chilkoot State Recreation Site and were rewarded with so much beauty (and a spot to fish in the morning). Saw an eagle and also the location where they count salmon (they go through the slots in the middle area of the pic).
And then...we celebrated Bennett's birthday a little early with a tomahawk steak! He's our steak lover and we found this steak a few days ago and needed to eat it before we got on the ferry (it wouldn't fit in our freezer!).
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