8/22/07 - 5th Day in Haines

We have decided to take the Alaska Marine Ferry to Skagway....it is only 15 miles by water versus about 360 miles if we drive. We decided to eliminate a couple days of driving and get their the quick way. The ferry is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM tomorrow so we can park in their parking lot overnight. We went to the Bald Eagle Foundation that is here in Haines this afternoon and watched a great movie on the bald eagles. The largest bald eagle gathering in the world takes place here in November with over 3,500 eagles on the Chilkat River for the late chum salmon run. There is a 3 day celebration and people from all over the world come.....it must really be a spectacular sight with that many of these majestic birds. Since this will probably be our last night with Dan & Jenny we all went out to dinner and had a great time. Sheppard's and the two of us went back out to "say good-bye" to the bears one last time....they have put on such a great show for us over the last 4 days. This time there were 4 bears out in different areas but it was too dark to get any good pictures. Wildlife sightings today: 4 Bears, Lots of eagles, and ducks. If you want to see where we are currently (8/27/07) go to: http://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=2430