Works great on pine needles! Battery powered and plugs in to the generator to charge. Domestic duties are never done!!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
THE ROCK
THE ROCK - Right in our camp. One foot on each and you can make an outbound call. Very few people can call out from the lake. Verizon would be proud!
JUNE 19 - SATURDAY
Today went on a hike up above the campground. There is an alpine meadow up on top. Tonight there is a free salmon bake in town. The winter was mild this year so the mosquitoes are horrible. Can't go outside without some kind of spray. There has been a squirrel in camp. He has chewed up one of the camp chairs, hauled off a towel that was laying on a rock to dry and gotten up inside the belly pan. Duct tape blocking all the holes seems to be taking care of that!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
JUNE 5 - FIRST BROWN BEAR SIGHTING
Today a brown bear walked right through our campsite. It walked up by the trash cans and back down the road to the river where it swam across! This brown/grizzly is a blonde bear. Pictures will be coming. Worked at Battery Point State Park today with other volunteers.
FERRY RIDE TO JUNEAU
Fairweather arriving at Haines
Eldred Rock Lighthouse
Mendenhall Glacier at Juneau
MAY 30 SUNDAY - DAY 12
This morning we saw 13 goats on the hillside on the other side of the lake (with binoculars). The ranger assistant came out and let us know because of the heat that there is a fire ban. The only camp fires allowed are for cooking and only if you are standing there using it. There is 18-19 hours of daylight now......time for me to go home!! We headed for the ferry terminal about 11:00. The "short version" is the ferry was late coming in from Skagway so I left Haines 3 hours late which made leaving even harder! The ferry I traveled on is the Fairweather. It gets to Juneau in 2 1/4 hours instead of 4 1/2 which is what it takes the normal ferry. 8 hours in the ferry system. Spent Sunday night in Juneau, then 11 hours in airports on Monday. Home about 8:00 Monday night.
MAY 29 SATURDAY - DAY 11
Hung around camp all day. Another camper is building a house in Haines. He took us to his building site and we got both of us some fire wood. John and Jen the camp hosts at Chilkat Lake came for a nice visit. We have not seen them since last year! Tonight we are transferring pictures from 4 cameras to two computers. It gets kind of confusing!
This weekend is the 18th annual Craft Beer and Homebrew Festival at the fairgrounds. One of the campers also told Bob that this weekend is also the Recovery Conference for AA……..ONLY IN HAINES!!!!
Today was another amazing day, 75 degrees. I will go to the ferry terminal tomorrow about noon to start my trip home.
This weekend is the 18th annual Craft Beer and Homebrew Festival at the fairgrounds. One of the campers also told Bob that this weekend is also the Recovery Conference for AA……..ONLY IN HAINES!!!!
Today was another amazing day, 75 degrees. I will go to the ferry terminal tomorrow about noon to start my trip home.
MAY 28 FRIDAY - DAY 10
Today we went to town early. Fuel, laundry, showers, and bank. Back to camp. We brought a kayak with us on the trip. Bob decided he better give it a try before I left. Only had one dip in the lake as he tipped it over. I did not know whether to laugh or see if he needed help! After he got settled in he went out on the lake for about a half hour. Thinks it will work OK. 4:00 we went back to town to have fish and chips at the Lighthouse right on the harbor. Today it is 75 again so there are people out everywhere! Beautiful day. Back to camp. Gave Bob a haircut, not sure when the next one will be! We heard a loud crashing noise across the lake up in the mountains. We could see the dust where there had been a big rock slide. When we looked in the binoculars there were 4 goats up above the slide. It didn’t seem to bother them. Mosquitoes are light so far this year. Have only used spray a couple of times. Bob has fished several times. Had a Dolly Varden on today. There are no salmon in the river yet and the fish weir has not been set yet. Everyone is waiting on the fish! Eagles, bears, fishermen, and tourists! We usually see 8-10 eagles every day .We saw quite a few black bears on the way up, but did not see any grizzlies, and we have not seen a brown bear here at the lake.
Same bear: grizzlies inland and browns on the coast.
Same bear: grizzlies inland and browns on the coast.
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