Haines – Kayak Paddles 6/27-28/2009
On Saturday, we went about 7 miles on the other side of Haines to Chilkoot State Park to paddle of the mountain lake there by the same name. The scenary very beautiful. The campground there was excellent. There were a few sites on the water. They did seem to have a lot of bugs there. It was rustic camping similar to were we stayed in Chilkat.
After our paddle we attended Sacred Heart Church for Saturday evening Mass. The OMI Priest there remembered Fr Ron. He said he liked him a lot.
Here are the pictures we took on this paddle and on the drive there:
Best Kayaking of the year!
On Sunday morning, we put our kayaks into Chilkat Inlet from the boat ramp right at the campground. We went into the bay and around the island. We spent about two hours on this wonderful paddle. It was unbelievable. We passed two Glaciers. We saw several porpoises and a seal, who really checked us out. We got a picture of one of the porpoises but not the seal.
Here are the pictures taken during the paddle:
Hi Fred and Millie,
I seem to have lost your email address, but found your website! I’m so glad that you got to surprise John Svenson at his shop in Haines!!
I wrote to Edna Ungudruk Peters (my old college roommate) and this is what I got back: (note her email address in top line)
fromEdna Peters
toKristine Harder
i have a bunch of photos of fr. dunfrey – he performed our marriage ceremony (even though i wasn’t a cathoclic and had no interest in being one), then he baptised sunny. when it was time to go to the church, emmitt was grumbling as the world series was on. we got to the church, no one was there. we heard sounds from the backroom/bedroom and there was father watching the game on a tiny set. needless to say, we watched until the 7th inning stretch, did a quick baptism and all hot footed to our house for the rest of the game. hahahahaha, we would love to meet them and show them our pics.
Oooops — Edna’s email address seems to have gotten cut off. It is:
eru_peters@hotmail.com