Day
46 – 6-26-15 Friday It was drizzling rain when we went to bed and
when we got up this morning. The wind is rather gusty and the
temperature is 58 degrees. I hope the areas where they are having
wildfires here in Alaska are getting some of this rain.
We
were sadden to hear about the sightseeing plane crashing in the
mountains near Ketchikan Alaska yesterday killing the 8 passengers
from a Holland America cruise ship and the pilot. The weather is
causing problems with the recover of the bodies.
The
light rain soon stopped but the winds blew all day. We were kind of
lazy today. We stayed at the campground until after lunch, then went
to the post office to check on the two packages we are expecting. I
knew the part to fix the slide had not come in since I have a
tracking # for it. It was shipped Monday from Alabama, priority mail
1-3 day delivery and it just left Kent Washington early this morning.
The postal worker said if the package that I had forwarded from
Valdez was not shipped priority it might take two weeks to get here
from Valdez. Huh! I don't understand how the postal system works. I
had a piece of mail sent from Greensboro NC Monday of last week and
I picked it up in Valdez on the following Thursday morning about 9AM
and it was sent just regular first class mail.
There
was a Norwegian Cruise ship in dock today. The same one (The Sun)
that we saw in Seward last week.
We
went to the bank and exchanged some US dollars for Canadian dollars
then picked up a few items we had forgot to get yesterday at the
grocery store. We went to the fairgrounds where the Disney Movie
'White Fang' was filmed in 1991. The buildings used on the movie set
are still there. It looks like an old Alaska village. Most of the
buildings are being used for small businesses now. There was also a
Haines community garden off to the side with some vegetables growing.
We
walked up to the campground office to ask about booking a tour and
they had just got the word from the town that the problem with the
town water was just a misreading and there never was a problem with
the water. I would guess that the businesses in town lost money today
with a cruise ship in dock. We walked by two businesses that had
signs up that they were not serving specialty coffee due to the
problem with the water.
About
7:00PM we walked into town to stretch our legs and noticed that most
businesses had closed for the day, even the cafe's and coffee shops.
There was very few people out on the streets. We returned to the
campground and ate supper. Someone near the Haines schoolhouse was
playing a trumpet so we got a free concert while we ate. The temperature never got above 61 degrees today.
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