Hello from Juneau,
Our last day in Haines was was a good one though it started out a bit shaky. We were camping in town at a city park and for the second night in a row our neighbors were loud well after we went to bed. At 11:30 I got up to go into town to go to a Mardi Gras party that was being held at the local pub. After a half hour of checking out that scene I drove into the countryside in hopes of catching the Northern Lights. It was cold and clear and the night sky was filled with stars but no aurora borealis. When I got back at about 12:30 the campground was quiet and the only one awake was Ruth. We agreed we would try another spot the next night. After attending Church at the Prebyterian Church in Haines we went to Chilkoot Lake which is pictured behind Ruth. There were no trails so we took a walk along the road. We had a spectacular wild life walk. Bears feeding on salmon, eagles as common as robins in the Midwest, harbor seals swimming up the stream toward Chilkoot lake and countless ducks of a variety of types. That night our neighbors invited us to share their fire which was welcome because it is always damp and cold here. In the end we were gratetful our noisy neighbors chased us out of the city campground so that we had the day at Chilkoot Lake.