- Little damp and foggy!
Stream at Mary’s cabin
May 12th, Sunday Pretty socked in and damp this morning, started the day with some of those breakfast bars and hot chocolate! Located the cemetery on Jones Point [my memories of it were minimal] and looked for our brother Richard. We know he is there, but no marker. The lady who has the plot map is out of town so we’ll get in touch later and see if we could send a marker for it.
Went by to visit with Mary Manuel and see if she would let us visit her cabin out on Mud Bay Road. She was ill and did not want us catching her bug. Said go ahead and check it out, no one renting it right now.
Jan had told us one could drive on into the cannery property, as they have a store. So off we went with mental list of what we needed to see and get pictures of. Rain had quit for a while but ground was very soggy in places.
Mary’s cabin, last place we lived in Haines
Got cabin pictures, pictures of where Driftwood Shack had been, and then checked out Haines Packing Co.
Haines Packing Co cannery at Letnikhof Cove
Ran into the son & co-owner who told us no, they were not open yet but explained how they are reviving the cannery. Great to hear!
On the way back to town, we stopped at Nye’s corner and beach-combed a little.
Nye’s corner and cabin, road used to go in front!
Linda and Ruth also got some birch bark. Jan spotted us there [as she told her Mom, “on the beach of course!”] and chatted for a few minutes. We are meeting her and Nellie at the bead shop and then somewhere for lunch.
Turned out to be the Lighthouse Restaurant again, no problems with that! Great lunch and company, and got a Mother’s Day discount on the bill as well. Who knew?
Nancy and I went to the library to try to update our blog while Linda and Ruth followed Jan & Nellie to some greenhouses to get cucumbers. Turned out the greenhouses were definitely growing vegetables, not just plants, and the owners very interesting. They ran into other folks we knew!
When they got back we went to the Moose Horn Laundry to get a few loads done, followed by exploring more roads. Drove up where Busby’s used to live, checked Henderson’s and he was not home.
Did a drive by of the greenhouses, which are up on FAA road, behind the post. Lots of houses out there. Kept experimenting with different roads just to see where they went as most were definitely newer than us. Found ourselves on Mt Riley with an excellent view of both sides of the peninsula, Haines, Port Chilkoot, and the airport.
Haines, Port Chilkoot and north up the Chilkat River from Mt Riley
Plus a very large chunk of mica and moose droppings! Many pictures and then down the hill to the Halsingland as it was close to dinner time. Oh yes, we’d asked the day before and there was no dress code, so jeans would be okay!
Hotel Halsingland, on our way in to Mother’s Day Dinner!
We shared a bottle of wine, a starter [duck confit salad], a bread [flatbread with mushrooms and three cheese fondue] followed by grilled halibut with something very tasty! Ruth had the prawn dish. It was a truly delicious dinner, every bite. We toasted and thanked our Mom.
Had a message from Tommy Bieleski to call him in the morning, he’d meet us for breakfast or coffee.