Haines Highway

There were a couple big cruise ships in town today, so we decided to go on a scenic drive on the Haines Highway. Our B&B host started us off with the location of some trumpeter swans, which we most definitely would not have spotted on our own. Next stop was the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. We caught a few quick glimpses of them while driving but had no luck in the locations we were able to stop.

We then crossed into Canada and had the road pretty much to ourselves. The scenery was vast and incredible and it really hammered home how much open space there is here. Along the way we stopped at a few lakes and a very torrential waterfall.

Haines Junction was our turn around point for the day. Here we had lunch at a bakery and stopped at the visitor center for Kluane National Park and the Da Ku Cultural Center to learn some about the natural forces that have shaped this landscape and the history of the people who have called it home.Læs mere