Susan and Matt--the big adventure: Haines...AGAIN, smiles!

June 29^thand 30^th

Went out to eat breakfast this morning (29th). (A good time to meet the locals—smiles!) We are trying another RV park today. This one is more “downtown”, so the view is not as gorgeous, but the walk down to the ocean is only 3 minutes. The benefits—free showers! Most RV parks have pay showers up here--$3.00 for 8 minutes. Me? I am fine with that, but Matt would need $6.00 just to wash his hair!!! Oh, the RV park also has free WiFi—never mind that downloading is so S-L-O-W. I am trying to add 8 photos to the last blog, and so far, it has been 11 minutes…just checked—one of the eight is uploaded!!! It is all about the small successes!

Tonight, Matt wants to watch the local skateboard and bike competition at the skate park…should be fun. Okay, it is a new experience, lets just go with that!

Hey, it was fun!!! Meet a few of the local teenagers; they are quite an interesting group. They definitely have the “duds and the tudes”—smiles!

First round for the advanced group

Sunday morning (today) we tried a hike at Chilkat State Park (north of Haines)—Mt. Riley Trail. We were able to do 2 of the 3 miles up. The hike was a difficult one—rocks, roots, bogs, branch bridges…I am so proud that Matt was able to get that far. We deemed it “coordination training”. (He sorely misses Kombido and his martial arts family. Matt is definitely more enthused about THAT kind of physical training. SMILES!)

On our return to campground, we stopped to sample some smoked salmon…yummy! Yes, we bought some!!!

I think we will head toward Anchorage tomorrow—a three day drive for us (18-20 hours). In other words, it may be a bit before another entry. Hope everyone is well and happy!