Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Day 364. August 5, 2014. Close moose encounter!

LOCATION:  Haines, Alaska, in one of the SE fingers jutting into the Inland Passage
WEATHER:  Partly cloudy. Highs in 60s

We took a hike in the state park where we had camped.  Sure enough, there was a bear sauntering down the road next to the river full of salmon.  (No camera).

Then we moved into town, to a really nice commercial RV park.  Best showers on the trip so far!  We had reserved this ahead of time so that we could get mail sent here.  It is like Christmas to open up our mail package each month!  

We took a drive to another state park.  As we were standing on the glacier-viewing platform, I heard a noise, looked down, and there was a moose, happily munching away!


We watched for quite a while.  She got so close that I could have touched her!


Then we visited a fish cannery.  It was built in 1917.  Really a bit of history.


This guy is cutting off heads and removing roe sacks.

The 1990 Disney movie "White Fang" was filmed here.  They have kept the movie set as it was, like a Wild West town....using the buildings as shops and restaurants...



And even one as a brewery, which of course we had to visit.  The brewer is from West Concord, MN, right outside of a Rochester where we used to live.  


DINNER:  Spaghetti.  I made a sauce with onions, bell pepper, diced carrots, leftover grilled hamburger, and tomato sauce. Molto bono!

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