Blog Update July 19th - Around the Campground!

Campground has been full and I have been pretty busy, so not much time to get out and take some pictures, however this place is so beautiful I decided to just shoot a few of some of the evening fun around the campground on a clear and warm night!

On with the pictures!









Hope you enjoyed them and stay tuned for the rest of my summer here!



Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

Something Different a Video July 16th - Chilkoot State Park, Haines Alaska

Tried something different yesterday...bought some mount kits and a wireless remote for my new GoPro camera so I mounted it on my windsheild wiper mount and filmed while I was driving as a test.

So here is my drive through the State Park near Haines, Alaska.



Enjoy....




Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

July 16th - Haines Update

Things still going very well here in Haines with beautiful weather and a full campground. I managed to go and look for Eagles and bears yesterday, but not much to be found....no real big amount of fish in the river yet...

But still managed a couple decent pictures.





One eagle and when he flew off, he went the other way...go figure!









More updates as time allows....

Enjoy,



Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

Update - June 10, 2013

Things are still going well at the campground in Haines, Alaska. Planning another Crab Feast tomorrow night, a little slower now since the 4th of July...

Today I took another drive out to the State Park hoping that there would be an abundance of sockeye running up the river and the bears would be down feeding, but no real numbers on the fish yet, they are due any day now...

However, I managed a couple eagle pictures, so enjoy!








Those were the only ones worthy of showing today....

Stay tuned for the arrival of the sockeye and some great bear pictures!



Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

July 4th - Haines Alaska Fireworks!

Enjoyed a great evening right in front of my camper on the waterfront at the Campground and had front row seats for a wonderful fireworks disply....set up my tripod and remote and snapped away.

Managed to get a couple perfectly timed ones!!















For those photo people interested I pre-focused before it got dark and then set the camera to manual focus and had the camera on manual F-22 and 2 second exposure. I was using my 14-54 zoom lens at 14 which would be equal to a 28mm wide angle lens!




Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

Small Town Independence Day - Haines Alaska July 4th, 2013

I love small town celebrations, it is the only way to celebrate a Holiday Like July 4th! The day started out with a great breakfast at the VFW Hall - with everything you can imagine, perfect pancakes, hash browns, scrambled eggs, ham and bacon and sausage and some nice biscuits and gravy!!

Not long after they raised the flag at the fort and fired the cannon to signify the start of the festivities! The parade which must have included nearly everyone in town was a great one with lots of candy thrown for the kids!

Then it was off to the park for all kinds of field games for the young and old alike. Three legged races, nail driving contest, pie eating contest and plenty of activities for all ages. Music tonight at the parade ground followed by fireworks tonight over the harbor. Pics of that tomorrow!

Anyway - I had a grand day and managed a few pics.

This guy is a hoot - he is in the campground and has been for several weeks....very nice people!



The Parade!



The Haines Marching Band!





Fun for all ages!





Plenty of "Field Games" in the park after the parade!













Stay tuned for some GREAT Fireworks shots, we had a great show last night!!



Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

One of those Nights - June 28th, 2013

A calm clear evening with some beautiful light in the early evening! It was a night for a few photos. Campground was pretty full, with several nice campfires going on and campers from all over sharing their Alaska Adventures.

I grabbed my camera to chase an Eagle and walked to the small boat harbor next door and grabbed a few shots. It was a beautiful evening.

On with the pics!

First a 6 shot panorama of the view from the campground!



The small boat Harbor in Haines!





Darlin' - the name of the bigger boat in the harbor!





The Eagle on the breakwater!



I hope to have many more evenings like this one and capture a few more pieces of the beauty of this wonderful place in the world!

Stay Tuned! The Adventure Continues!



Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!

Rainy Day in Haines Alaska - Update June 27th, 2013

Yesterday was going to be a late night with reservations for the campground after the late ferry arrived at 11:00 pm, so I decided to run a few errands in the afternoon and take a drive. Weather has finally changed a little more back to normal with lower temperatures and some rain. Finally - It has been unseasonably hot here all summer so far. Temps well up into the high 80's!! Very unusual, so nice to get back to some lower temps.

After my errands went looking for some pictures to take...with the rainy weather and low hanging clouds there was not a whole bunch to shoot, but here are a few from yesterday!

Cruise Ship was in town so it was crowded downtown.



A little house on the way to the State Park caught my eye!



I invited Ms. Patricia Millhoff up for a visit and showed her the accommodations...so far she has declined???



But these last two are for her anyway!!





Things are going well here in Haines, like the campground, good people to work with and the setting is to die for! Guess I'll stay till the end of summer!!!

Stay tuned for more updates....



Capt. Jim - "The Gypsy"

Traveling and photographing the Southwest and Alaska!