• Last Blog Location

      Visited Locations

      Recent Posts

      • Eat Like a Hanoian – Street Food Tour
      • Hanoi – Running Errands
      • Dong Hoi – Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park
      • Huế – City of Tempels
      • Cooking Class in Hoi An / Vietnam

      Recent Comments

      • wolken on Hanoi – Running Errands
      • wolken on Dong Hoi – Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park
      • Timmi on Kampot – The Salt ‘N Pepper Eldorado
      • Otte on Koalas and Kangaroos!
      • Otte on Koalas and Kangaroos!

      Continents

      • Asia (17)
      • Australia (34)
      • Europe (3)
      • North-America (32)
      • South-America (38)
      • WorldMap (125)

      Tags

      About us Adrenaline Alaska Beach Bear Beard Beer Bike Camping City Crafts Drinks Facts & Figures Ferry Flower Food Friends Gear Glacier Gold Hiking Homeless How long? Kayaking Mosquitos Museum Music Pacific Relax Road Trip Scary Scenic Sports Stone Trekking What If Wildlife

      Contact

      tindy [at] tindy [dot] de
    • 27.07.2013Skagway –> Haines Junction

      20130823-104708.jpg

      In order to avoid driving the same road up north again we took the ferry to Haines. The one hour ferry ride enabled us to visit the beautiful village of Haines as well as experience the scenic Haines Highway up north.

      We started the journey by boarding the ferry and leaving Skagway.

      20130823-111143.jpg

      On our way out of Skagway harbor we passed some cruise ships,

      20130823-111201.jpg

      enjoyed the sunny weather

      20130823-111314.jpg

      and the scenery whooshing by.

      20130823-111341.jpg

      20130823-111350.jpg

      In Haines we were completely smitten by this cute little city. The charm of Haines originates from its location at the ocean while being surrounded by snow capped mountains.

      20130823-135407.jpg

      20130823-111604.jpg

      Since Haines isn’t very large we started exploring the surroundings and found breathtaking sceneries around every corner.

      20130823-111819.jpg

      20130823-111831.jpg

      20130823-111923.jpg

      20130823-111934.jpg

      Sometimes we just didn’t know if we should look forwards or backwards…

      20130823-112219.jpg

      For dinner that evening we went to the Lichthouse restaurant right at the harbor.

      20130823-111950.jpg

      And while service was amazingly unorganized and slow the view was superb and the food was delicious!

      Fresh grilled salmon on locally grown vegetables

      20130823-112511.jpg

      Fried halibut and red snapper filet pieces.

      20130823-112520.jpg

      For sundown we drove to the Chilkoot Lake just north of Haines. On the way there we had an unexpected encounter with a Grizzly bear who decided to enjoy one of the first salmons of this season right on the street. What a grandiose viewing of wildlife just meters from our car!
      After the grizzly took off into the woods leaving only the fish head on the street we continued our sundown viewing trip to the lake. Still being all excited from this encounter we enjoyed the marvelous view even though the sun had already disappeared.

      20130823-112653.jpg

      20130823-112644.jpg

      If you ever wanted to know everything about hammers, Haines or respectively the Haines hammer museum is the place to go…

      20130823-112813.jpg

      The next day we started out with a chocolate and cheese scone & coffee breakfast before we headed up north along Haines Road.

      20130823-122055.jpg

      The road was built in 1944 as an alternative to the White Pass Railway during World War II and closely follows what was known as the Dalton Trail. This trail was established by Jack Dalton in 1894 and consisted of a series of road houses and trading posts. The Dalton Trail followed existing Indian trails which had been used extensively for countless generations. It is also one of the routes that many gold miners travelled to reach the gold fields during the Klondike Gold Rush.

      Haines Road starts at sea level and follows into the valleys before it climbs the coastal mountains.

      20130823-112859.jpg

      Along the rivers which are home to salmon we saw several automatic salmon catching devices. Their principal is copied from the devices the First Nation people used and does not require any motors. It makes use of the rivers current and the stubbornness of the salmon swimming against encountering barriers.

      20130823-112910.jpg

      It catches the salmon alive and stores them in the barrels floating in the water at both sides of the device.

      20130823-112918.jpg

      Seems like somebody is envying Andy’s beard 😉

      20130823-113112.jpg

      20130823-113122.jpg

      Continuing the road into the mountains:

      20130823-113214.jpg

      20130823-113223.jpg

      20130823-113233.jpg

      20130823-113242.jpg

      20130823-113257.jpg

      20130823-113310.jpg

      20130823-113320.jpg

      20130823-113343.jpg

      Until we eventually reached the summit of the pass at 1070 m.

      20130823-113354.jpg

      On this plateau the road continues between the snow capped mountains and gradually descends.

      20130823-113745.jpg

      20130823-113827.jpg

      20130823-113838.jpg

      We passed the million dollar water falls located at a highway construction site previously occupied during the building of the Haines Road.

      20130823-113959.jpg

      20130823-114008.jpg

      Until we reached Kathleen Lake close to Haines Junction, the final destination of this post 🙂

      20130823-114017.jpg

      60.727248-135.064673

      This entry was posted in North-America, WorldMap and tagged Bear, Ferry, Food, Road Trip
    • Leave a Reply Cancel reply

      You must be logged in to post a comment.

    • ‹ Older Post Newer Post ›

        TRAVEL-BLOG TINI & ANDYSee where, and what we were up to