Friday July 27 Haines Mount Riley Trail

Went on a hike today on a really cool trail called the Mount Riley Trail. We did this first thing in the morning, starting around 9:30am. It was about 7 miles round trip and went up around 1500 ft from Mud Bay to the summit of Mount Riley. It started off in some really dense forest, where the trees were packed very tight together. It opened up a bit to some much larger trees. These were some of the tallest trees that I've seen. I am sure they are not comparable to the giant redwoods, but very impressive in how they went straight up forever. Mostly tree lined the entire way until the summit. On top, there was a tremendous 360 degree view of all the harbors and bays in the area. Good view of Haines. Couldn't quite see Skagway, which was just around the bend of the bay.

Temps today were in the 60's. The hike was actually very hot, going up the entire way until the summit, with very little breeze in a rain forest type setting.

When we got back, we spent some time getting things organized for travelling. We start our trip home tomorrow and not quite sure how far we will get tomorrow. We are now in Alaska, but tomorrow we will be back in Canada. Will be in Canada for about 4-5 days. Travelling in Canada is ok, except for the gas prices. The speed limits are usually a lot lower than the states, but works for us. Good highways are limited to 62 mph (100 kph). Smaller roads are limited to 56mph (90kph).

After today, we will probably not have good Internet until we get to the US. I may not be able to put anything up here until then. We'll see.