This week we were off on Thursday so we took the Fast Ferry to Haines. It would take a few hours to drive from Skagway to Haines, but it’s just 45 minutes by ferry. We were a little disappointed that it wasn’t a sunny day, but that turned out to be a blessing because the heavy fog made the scenery gorgeous!

When we got to Haines we walked around the town for couple of hours. Haines is a small town, just a little bigger than Skagway, but less tourist-focused. There is a historic district dedicated to old Fort Seward. But the only remnants of the fort are some burned-out cinder-block basement walls, and the area is filled with trash so it wasn’t too exciting. The nearby administration building has been boarded up for a long time and is in bad shape; a brick fell from the chimney and almost hit Randy as he walked by the building. So we left that area and walked around the town. There are a couple of nice tourists shops downtown. But Haines has something that Skagway does not – a real grocery store. After several months in Skagway, it was like a visiting an oasis! We had to return via the ferry so there was a limit to what we could get, but Randy did a little shopping. So when we got on the ferry back to Skagway, we were carrying a roast in our backpack!

The Ferry trip was the most photogenic part of the trip. The fog and clouds are an important part of the scenery here, so here are some pictures of that: