Summer 2007 - Haines and Juneau
We took advantage of the week of endless sun during the the summer solstice
to make a road trip to Juneau. This required a 650 mile drive to Haines
(through Canada) and then a two hour ferry ride to the state capitol.


On each of our trips along the Haines Highway we've been fortunate to see bears.


We decided to stop for the night in the Kluane Mtns about 10 hours from Fairbanks.

The Mtns were just letting go of their winter snow.

Daisy and Logan did a little climbing on the snow fields
with the red girl being a bit more fearless.

There were a few flowers peaking out from the moss and dead grasses.


The fast ferry Fairweather picked us up in Haines and Daisy and Logan
rode below on the vehicle deck while we enjoyed the smooth ride to Juneau.


True to form Southeast Alaska was a bit cloudy, but that didn't seem to deter
the 4 cruise ships full of tourists wandering through town.

One big draw is the Mendenhall Glacier which is just outside of town.

Yes, dear, this glacier too is retreating at an unprecedented rate.

We camped across Mendenhall Lake and the clouds settled in for the cool night.


Daisy and JJ were wondering what's for dinner.

The next morning we were treated to a much better view of our surroundings.


A highlight of our trip was our stay at a State Park cabin
at the end of the road on Bridget Point.

We walked through some wonderful fields of wildflowers with a picture perfect
landscape background on a rare blue sky day in Southeast.


We had the point to ourselves and relaxed and soaked in the rich surroundings.

Countless eagles soared and fished off the point.


Sea Lions cruised the point looking for their next meal also.

We stayed at the Blue Mussel cabin and we discovered why
it was named so as the low tide arrived.

We were treated to one of the most beautiful sunsets we'd seen yet.


It was prolonged with the shallow flight of the sun across the horizon.

The mountains and clouds and even a humpback whale got into the picture.

Wonderful.

With daylight just a few hours away.

As we headed back north we spied a few more glaciers from the ferry.

It was a dramatic landscape and ripe for contemplation.

After a quick trip, Haines came into view again
and we started our drive back to the Interior.

A cow and calf moose welcomed us back as we got closer to Fairbanks.