After we got back from our eagle-watching trip, I figured I had to seize the opportunity and stick my toes into (water that eventually connects to) the Pacific.
This is the beach you could see in my first pics of Haines. The tide was higher than in my early-morning pics -- the brown and greenish parts were covered with water; only the "sand" was exposed. It was verrrrrry hard on the feet. I think the grains were much bigger than sand usually is (my feet had dents in the bottom, when I cleaned them off to put on my shoes). It felt like pointy broken bits of shells. Ouch.
I did not let a significant level of discomfort stop me from engaging in a bit of wading...... The water was cold, but not so cold as to take my mind off the bottoms of my feet.
It looks innocently rounded, doesn't it? I don't know what was sharp and painful to walk on, but something surely was......
After a short time, I decided I'd rather be comfortable, and put my shoes back on.
Ah.
Now I can think about something other than how much my feet hurt!
Ok. Let's look at the excellent seaweed. I bet this is kelp. Loving the colors..... The contrast between the cold colors of the beach, and the autumnal kelp....
I think this is alder.
My Haines beach rock collection. (The largest of these is less than an inch in its longest dimension.)
I am always amazed at the variety Mama Nature brings to the party. I am an aficionada of stripey rocks, so my collection is weighted in that direction.
I am not particularly drawn to this one, esthetically speaking, but when I saw the perfect little trident (this pebble is less than half an inch long), I had to have it.
Starting to think about dinner.... Better head back to the ship.
Flower baskets along the pier........ Speaking of variety! I did not enhance the color in any of these flower images. They are just as the camera remembers them.
After a lovely day in Haines, it's time to begin to think about Juneau.
8:00 pm.
10:27 pm. Goodbye, Haines. (See the lights along the shore?)
Midnight.
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these posts, a link to the next one is here.
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