On the move

We've left Haines now working our way to Anchorage for the 4th of July weekend.  Jan has been getting some sensational pictures along the way.  She took a guided instructional photo seminar in Haines and added some tricks to her repertoire.  So first I'll catch you up with a few shots while still in the Haines area.

Near Chilkoot Lake

A proud eagle

Here's looking at you

In for a landing

A youth

Two juveniles in flight

And sitting together in a tree

A pretty shot of a small stream

She found a seal carcass on the beach that the eagles were very interested in.  Easy food and caught this exchange between a youngster that was on the meal, and the adult who was arriving.

No, stay away

Get back!

Go away!

Oooh, you are bigger than me

OK, why don't you join me

A shot of Haines and the mountains reflecting in the water

Then we were off, with one small glitch.  Karen had been getting an intermittent warning light for her transmission, and since we were heading into very unpopulated area wanted to see if anything could be found that was causing it.  So she got an appointment with a truck repair facility in Haines on our way out of town first thing Monday, and sure enough they found a questionable wire connection.  It was repaired, and so far so good, and off we went up into the Yukon on our way to Tok, AK.  The clouds were threatening and we drove through periods of rain along the way.

Still beautiful, even with the rain

We had heard some horror stories about customs, but both the crossing into Canada and back into the US of A were quick, courteous, and painless.  We did have some excitement on the way to our overnight stop at Kluane Lake.  We saw what we thought was a small black bear laying down in the grass along the road, but when he stood we realized he was a good sized, healthy bear.

Jan and I remembered, amazing huh, that there was an unusual formation just south of Haines Junction, a rock glacier.  So we kept our eyes peeled in case we actually remembered correctly:-)  Sure enough we were right!  So we pulled off and took a hike up, up onto the glacier.  It was great.  Interesting and what a view!

Tom, Karen, and I surveying the rocks

It was then a short distance to our overnight stay on the shores of Kluane Lake.  It is an enormous lake, and the most amazing thing to us was, looking out over it to realize there were virtually no people out there or along it at all!

Kluane Lake

Our campsite for the night

Internet and phone coverage is getting more and more challenging so these posts may get a bit sporadic as we travel.  So as Paul Harvey said, "Standby for news".