We drove to Haines today on a wonderful, smooth road with beautiful scenery. When we took our cruise of the Inside Passage and stopped at Haines we heard that the Haines Highway was one of the most scenic drives in Alaska. Everyone was right. About halfway along the drive to Haines Rick called my attention to a huge grizzly bear browsing in the ditch along the road. We sped past and didn't get a picture. A couple miles further along we stopped at a roadside pullout. We saw a young grizzly eating wildflowers just across the road from us. He was unconcerned that we were in our truck. We got out quietly and hopped in the trailer for a short break. As we watched the bear from the RV we saw a small RV pull into the rest stop as well. The driver got out and let out two dogs. They did not seem to see the bear across the road. We carefully got out and stayed behind the truck as we called out to the guy with the dogs. We pointed out the bear and he rapidly put his dogs back into his RV. I was so relieved that we did not see a confrontation between the bear and the dogs.
The RV was a RoadTrek which is a Class B. Just a bit larger than a cargo van. They let us look inside. It was very nicely put together. If we go with a small unit next, we may look into a similar model.The campground in Haines has lots of nice grass, great space between units, and lots of rules. It took quite a while at the check-in for us to review all the rules and sign off that we understood them. It is very wet and a bit chilly. We took a few drives, watched some salmon fishermen and then saw a presentation by the storytelling dancers at the Art Collective. It was a very colorful and cultural experience.
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