June 30, Friday Yesterday we did the Chilkoot area and today we headed for the Chilkat region -- after an egg/sausage breakfast! This drive went out the Mud Bay Road, ending up at the Chilkat Peninsula and the Chilkat State Park. The campground was deeply wooded, large sites, vault restrooms, no hook-ups . . . and almost empty. It was just the type of camping that we usually prefer – but it was so very isolated! We checked out the 7-mile Seduction Point trail that led 2 miles to Moose Meadows, but the trail was steeply up and down, wet and slick, and it disappeared into a mysterious, murky woods! This was a different type of rain forest than we had been in before, and it was evident that no sun penetrated to the forest floor, and the trail probably never dried out. The ground underfoot was squishy, spongy earth, and as Tom walked ahead of me I could see his each step sink in ½”. It was so dark it was almost disturbing! We followed the path for a while and then turned around at a steep downward incline . . . it seemed a little dangerous of footing for the two of us! I spent some time in the downtown library working on my blog, and Tom and Charlie walked almost every street in Haines! I ended up at The Hair Shack, and walked in and was able to get my bangs trimmed. We ate lunch back at the Silvermine and because we were right next to the laundry I washed all the bedding . . . Tom washed the truck. In the afternoon we did another drive-through of downtown Haines (about 4 blocks), stopping at a few places, restocking groceries at the IGA, and checking out the menu at the downtown local fish/chips eatery. For the price of $25 for one dinner (and we had been warned it was a lot of food!) We figured we would share one carry-out dinner tonight and put a few sides together with it and eat in the Silvermine. There were a few things yet to do to prepare the truck and van for cross-country towing, and we used the late afternoon for that purpose; we will be crossing into Canada in the first 40 miles.
Me: “Tom, do you want to turn on the TV and get caught up on the news this evening?” Tom: “NO!” Alaska Frontier . . . here we come!
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October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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