Sunday July 2– Day 30 of trip –Haines
Cooked bacon, eggs and toast for breakfast. Eggsalent. J
Travis and I headed to the harbor today and fished right off
the pier on the advice of a local camper named Joe from Missouri. Cause….. the best Alaska fishing advice comes
from Missourians, right? J
It worked! Travis was
on fish immediately, catching our first of our limit of Dolly Varden (8
total). Joe says they are delicious. Of
course, I didn’t have a camera with me, so no pictures, but they were a ton of
fun to catch, and we didn’t have to stand in the water for hours on end like
all the salmon fishing we’ve been doing. This
was welcomed by both of us! AK water is
as cold as you'd suspect it might be.
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| Travis fishing on the docks in Haines |
Once all fish were filleted and lunch eaten, we headed up AK
highway 7 for some sightseeing. We made it to Mosquito Lake, which I’d actually
heard of back in TX. The “lake” is only
about 3 acres, but it's beautiful. Unfortunately, it was appropriately named, and
I got eaten up trying to catch a cutthroat trout.
After that, we headed south to Chilkat State Park, just
southeast of Haines. It has a fantastic
bay view, which also includes two glaciers and associated waterfalls. Deanna got great pictures of these, to no
one's surprise….
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| Glacier in Chilkat State Park |
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| Glacier at Chilkat State Park |
Grilled pork chops for dinner. Tomorrow we make a long
drive, including two border crossings on the way up to the “big” piece of
Alaska. No doubt, Travis will confess to additional crimes at Canadian Customs….
Erik and family stayed another two nights in Juneau and
will be arriving by ferry in the morning. They went fishing today in the bay
where I caught that pink salmon two nights ago, using the portaboat and canoe
for better access. Erik reported (via
text) that Matt caught a big salmon, and they also caught a couple more
flounder.
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