Dinner & driving around Haines
We drove down to the Harbor Bar and Lighthouse Restaurant near the Haines Harbor on Portage Cove to have dinner. Joan, one of the work campers at Hitch-Up Rv Park, had recommended the Lighthouse Restaurant.
Mike ordered the Lynn Canal burger and fries. I ordered the Seared Halibut with Jasmine rice and vegetables. Mike said his dinner was good and I really enjoyed the Seared Halibut. We both had iced tea and the bill for our dinner (before the tip) was $45.87.
After dinner we drove along Front Street and Beach Road and stopped at Lookout Point to take some photos.
We drove around looking at some of the houses in Haines. Haines isn't a large town and has a population of about 1700.
We enjoyed looking at the homes that were quarters for the officers' who were assigned to Fort Seward. Fort Seward was established on December 31, 1898 and was first named Haines Mission. The fort was founded to preserve law and order during the gold rush. Fort Seward was the only active military post in Alaska from 1925 to 1940 and was closed at the end of World War II.
Fort Seward was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978. The homes are now vacation condos and the Commanding Officer's quarters is now the Hotel Halsingland.
After driving around and getting to know a little about Haines, we drove back to the RV park. We stopped by the laundry to check it out before going back to the RV. Mike then took some photos of our campsite here.
We are in site #18 with full hook-ups (30 amp), cable TV and wi-fi. The campsites are well-spaced and is separated by grass. We were asked to not put out any mats on the grass, since the grass was starting to grow back.
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