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Our group of guides and friends- Joe Ordonez, Bruce Blake, Russ Lyman, Eric Kocher and Davey Ozahowski, went out exploring on the Klehini and Chilkat Rivers last Saturday.  This was in preparation for our new tour- the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve raft trip. Joe guided...

Our kayak guide, Davey, had just arrived in town. We were so eager for the 2014  season that we headed out to Chilkoot Lake even though it was frozen!

Bittersweetly, I write my final post for the summer. Last I wrote, I was just returning from my trip to Glacier Point after week 14 - it's really something for me to consider that already, 5 weeks have passed, and I only have one short week left here. What an...

Week fourteen wasn't quite as crazy as the weeks before it, so it was nice to take a moment to slow down and breathe. This week was the first week I was able to shadow a Taste of Haines tour, which is one I've been curious about since the beginning of the summer....

Week Thirteen has somehow been both incredibly busy, and super relaxing at the same time. This has definitely been the peak of our season, yet - it is the first time I've felt like I was caught up with everything and able to focus my energy on the now. A friend of...

Wow! Talk about "peak season" in summer Alaskan tourism! Things have REALLY been picking up here in Haines, and the past two weeks have flown by in the blink of an eye. I can hardly keep track of myself these days, so I've decided for sake of convenience to combine...

Week ten was a very work-heavy and productive week. I spent a lot of time working hard on a photography book with Joe, eager to see it come to completion before the season is over. It really hit me this week how quickly the summer is passing by! Monday I went on a...

Week nine was a time for me to relax and recuperate from the whirlwind of both having my dad around, and camping out in Glacier Bay. It was also a time of great change. Monday was my last day in Glacier Bay, and I spent it whale watching on the Taz in Gustavus. For...

Week eight was an incredible week for me. My dad was still in for the first half of the week, and I had an upcoming trip planned to explore the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. On Monday, we returned from Mosquito Lake back to Haines, where my dad and I spent...

Week Seven was a bit of a transitional stage for me. I knew my dad would be coming in on Friday to spend a week here as a Father's Day present, and I was feeling very eager to get him out here. Because of this, the week seemed to go by in the blink of an eye. In the...

Week six, I said so long to the laid-back and relaxing vibe of the week before, and it was back in action! Monday morning I decided to come into town super early (I think it was sometime around 6:30) to try to get some laundry done before work. Beforehand, I decided...

Though week four was hard to follow, week five proved to be equally as pleasant. It was a much more laid-back week, which to be honest, was a godsend after the busy-ness of my first month out here. I finally had a chance to slow down this week, and to stop and smell...

During week four things really picked up out here. With such unexpected and fantastic weather, I can definitely see why! I spent a majority of the week shadowing different tours to try to learn as much as possible not only about the area, but about different guiding...

  During week three, I had come out of the rugged living of Mud Bay, and closer to town during a short stint of house-sitting for one of our employees, Nelle (who I believe I mentioned was one of my absolute favorites in earlier posts.) She went out of state for...