Day 13 - Haines

We know this ride except the last 3 hours. We had a beautiful day for a ride through the woods and destruction bay. Photos were plentiful. We testified to folks at every stop, and I have had to send for more card tracts, I have used far more than anticipated. Still good on tracts. I spoke with Marta and Kent at Wyatts in Sturgis/ Belle Foursch and they will hold packages mailed to us there until we arrive in Sturgis. They are wonderful Christian people!

The last 3 hours from Haines Junction to Haines were beyond description. About 100clicks (62 miles) and 160 miles of mountians-glaciers-rivers.......it was like Disney world! except for real of course. Riding down from the high places to the coast we saw the water start flowing in rivilets from the multiple glaciers in the high mountains and as we descended down to the coast at Haines, the rivilets merged into one massive river at Haines 3/4 mile wide- spectactular.

The hotel we chose was the officiers quarters of Ft. Sweard , active a century ago. The hotel is only open in the summer, and our room was thoroughly cleaned "last" season. The bedding was clean and the staff helpfull, so a good nites rest was had by both of us. There were 3 restaurants reccomended by bikers and passerby's. The Lighthouse restaurant we could not find. We chalked it up the the extended daylight hours as unlit beacon was never seen? not really sure it is there, but rumor has it.....So we went to Fireweed, it had good possibilities, we found a seat at the counter, lots of locals and everything looked good. However, the waitress informed us we could have no food of any kind for an hour....we were only allowed to drink. Now as you know we are not big drinkers, we are however big eaters. And the whole drinking for an hour on an empty stomach sounded like punishment not refreshment......so we exited. On to Moses Mexican. The friendly lady was really busy, but said she would not leave us hanging.....she worked, got us seated and fed in reasonable time, we were so gratefull!.....Yea for moses Mexican...Their Mole is the best in 200 miles (or more) and the fish tacos are better than most.