Haines, AK

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Tuesday July 17, 2007 It was drizzling this morning, but nothing like the downpour yesterday. We decided to spend another night at this location, it really is pretty and peaceful. We changed sites and moved next to the lake. You can actually see the pink salmon jumping every so often.
In the morning, we looked for birds around the campground and river, but didn’t see anything. Took a drive to town. The tide was out and Frank decided to go out on the flats and check out some birds with the spotting scope. Later in the day we discovered the eye lens of the scope had dropped out somewhere. . . By the time we realized it, the tide was up, so I guess it’s swimming with the fishes now. Can’t use the scope without it. It’ll be missed. We still have our binoculars.
Later in the evening, we went down to an area bears are known to frequent . It was raining when we got there around 6:45 pm. Frank walked around and I worked on Photoshop in CT. The chances of us seeing a bear were not great. They said the river water was higher than normal and the salmon were late. Didn’t see any bears, but around 9:30, the sky started to clear and the fog came in. It was great light and made for some interesting photos.

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Photos

Misty Morning on Chilkoot River
Next to Chilkoot Lake Campground where we stayed.

Low Tide on Chilkoot River
That's Frank way out there birdwatching.