Onward.. getting back to Haines… soggy mess day upon day of rains, finally broke. Although clouds creep in over the mountains across from us, we had sunshine here…going on 3 days now. Fabulous!

Two days shy of the lowest tide they had, but its darn low here

A different view of same low tide

The once a week “….dam” ship that arrives in Haines, this one was the Statedam ship. It came in on this low, low tide.  It is one deep port. It left on the high tide.  When these cruise ships arrive in the coastal towns – its instant ants, ere people, everywhere. Laughing here.  Curious, but very nice folks generally. They spend all day in Haines… going shopping, fishing, sightseeing.  Haines only gets one cruise ship a week and once a month – two come in on one of the weeks, but not same day. Compared to Skagway that gets 4-5 cruise ships a day plus the ferry… Haines has it easy.  Haines ferry terminal is not at the same pier, so no conflict. I like meeting the variety of people that comes off the ship and people watching can glue me to a park bench like no other when the ships come in. Fascinating subjects.

High, high tide, same shot as the one above.

The tent on the right, is where we have a crab feast weekly, fresh from the sea!

Well with the sun out, its worthy of one’s time to go play. Right?  Well, in between chores, such as laundry, I’ve been hanging with my friend Cheri. I loaned her my new e-spinner to try it out. She’s hooked on this and is now biding her time until she can get one herself.  Its been a long while since I have spun yarn.. decided not to tackle my favorite, which is silk, but to work on different wool blends. Such as Merino/silk. Nice stuff!  Found I have not lost my touch… so will see what I have in my stash to work on when I hit the road again.

My other set of friends here George & Joan – introduced me to the American Legion for Friday night hamburger night. Must say its the best hamburger I have had in a long time… The town folk come each Friday, to meet up with friends, etc.  The Legion stepped up to the plate when the Elks Club folded in 2013.  I so wish the Elk’s Club still existed in Haines… apparently, I’m not the only one, but it is what it is.

And my stuff in storage is ok.  The mold found on the wheelchair and walker, is on plastic of all things, not on the metal.  A little Clorox will stop that.

In addition to being with friends, visiting Mountain Market, spinning, I’ve unloaded my loom and have once again started threading the loom.  Its not a big push, but it would be smart of me to get this threading done before I hit the heat in Washington State. But its nice outside!!! I want to go play…

Today tho… I went shopping. I finally found a pair of trekking poles that work for me.  I will be trying them out sometime this week… Do I need gloves? Will find out.  Cheri wants to take me to Battery Point. Its across the bay from my rig, but I have never been there. So this will be fun.

One other thing – earthquakes are interesting in a parked RV.  You swear you are driving down the road.  The one that hit at 3:50 am the other day was a 5.0.  Rocked me right awake, as well as the cats. Its my first in a RV!

One of my latest pastimes – I find myself out at the picnic table in the evening looking for water spouts (whales), harbor seals and watching the eagles soar overhead and meeting my neighbors.  Its a great time!