August 27, 28 and 29, 2008
Kluane RV Park in Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada to
Ocean View RV Park in Haines, Alaska
This monument is located in Haines Junction, Yukon, Alaska at the junction of the Alaskan Highway and the Haines Road. The Mile Post said it was one of the most photographed things on the Alcan Highway. I don't know if you can see all of the animals sticking out of it or not. It has most of the animals on it that you can see while traveling through Canada.
We got to the Kluane RV Park in Haines Junction around 8:30 on the 27th and set up camp. We had originally intended to leave the next morning and head to Haines, AK, but we all just thought we should spend another day of R&R, so we spent the 28 there too. We left this morning (29th) and got to Haines around 2:15 p.m.. We are staying in a campground right on the water and can see the big cruise ships from our windows. Haines is one of the Alaskan towns that caters to the large cruise lines. There is a small harbor here with lots of smaller boats. I am assuming they are fishing vessels, but I'm not sure. I also saw a sail boat a little earlier today. We are at around 30 ft. above sea level where we are now. That's a big change from 3,600 feet where we were earlier today. It's warmer here too. It was a beautiful day for a drive and we all enjoyed it.
Carolee and I drove uptown to the post office earlier this evening and she mailed some post cards. Merrell and Chuck stayed here and got everything set up.
We actually have Directv Satellite for the first time since we got into Alaska. We have had cable in some of the campgrounds, but haven't been able to use our satellite. From what they told us in Canada and Alaska, we were at such a high elevation that the satellite would have to be pointing towards the ground for us to receive signal and that's kind of hard to do when it's mounted on top of the motor home. :>) It's amazing how you can get addicted to something isn't it? Directv allows you to press a button and tells you what you are watching, who is in it and what time it came on!!! I was totally lost without my special remote......................... I'm going to enjoy it for the next three days that we are here. We may not have it again until we get back to the lower 48.
Once again we took some wonderful pictures. We stopped by an Indian fishing village on the way here. There was only one family still there because there were no fish to catch and dry this year. The government said that they could not fish there this year because they needed to let the fish multiply for at least this year.
We met a nice Native lady and she told us that the Klukshu village had been there since before any of the roads had been built in that area. There are a lot of log cabins and drying sheds dotted around the village. There is a stream out back where they catch the fish and the drying sheds are located close to the streams.
Carolee and the Native owner of the gift shop in the Klukshu Village, Yukon, Canada.
Donna and the nice Native lady from the Klukshu Indian Village.
Fireweed in it's different stages. The purple/pink ones are newer ones that are just blooming. The red are the ones that are through blooming and have just turned to red foliage.
This is one of the fish drying buildings at the Indian Village.
This is the interior of one of the fish drying huts in the Klukshu Indian Village.
This is one of the log cabins located in the Indian Village.
Fireweed in front, with some aspen, pines and the mountains in the background. We were still in Yukon, Canada when this was taken.
I just love the long winding roads that you just know have wonderful things hidden just around the turns!!!
Check out this tall hill and long winding road. And, we did see some beautiful things around the curves. This was also in Yukon, Canada.
Low hanging clouds over the water and mountains at Haines, Alaska. Elevation around 60 feet where this was taken.
This is an Alaskan Fishing Wheel. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but Merrell and Chuck were fascinated with them when we were in Glenallen. We also saw pictures and the history of them when we were in Valdez. This one was right outside Haines, AK today as we were driving through and I was lucky enough to get a quick picture of it.
