WEATHER: Partly cloudy. Cool. Highs in 60s
Today was our last day of long drives in this part of the country. We drove about 250 miles from near Destruction Bay, Yukon to Haines, Alaska, with a few miles of British Columbia sandwiched in.
We stopped at a trail along the highway in the Yukon. We hiked a bit on the old Alaska Highway where the 2 sections finished in the middle. The highway was built in 1942 in reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Canada and USA wanted a road for the military to protect us from an invasion from the northwest. This trail was the site of the formal completion ceremony of the highway in November, 1942. They even provided bits from the CBC radio station announcement.
Then we drove a bit farther and hiked around these falls, called Million Dolllars.
Our guidebook warned that there was no gas station for 200 miles when we turned south from Haines Junction towards Haines. George wouldn't buy gas, as he wanted to wait for "less expensive" US gas in Haines. The weather turned really windy, and our mileage plummeted. We saw a sign for Haines 80 miles ahead, and our tank showed we had 70. George loves this challenge. It drives me crazy. We made it through Customs easily, and had 40 miles to go. Luckily, the wind died down, and we mostly descended to Haines, on the coast, so we made it with 5 miles showing in the tank. Whew!
Then, we bought "cheap" gas in Haines at $4.90/gallon.
We are staying tonight in a beautiful state park campground, then will move to a commercial one in town. This park is on a lake full of fish. 
There are signs warning of bear in the area, also enjoying the fish. It is very woodsy here.
Our camper battery is dying. That means our water pump doesn't work. Kind of a bummer. We should be ok tomorrow, once we hook up to electricity.
DINNER: Traditional campfire dinner....hamburgers, baked beans, and baked potato.
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