Water we doing today??

Today we had a day off so we jumped on the Chilkat Fast Ferry and headed off to Haines. Now, it if was more tech savvy I would have put the flag pic (below) first since that's the one which shows us leaving Skagway. It also shows us leaving the pollution which casts a blue haze on the mountains from the ships stacks as the engines run all the time.

Picture two (above) shows a cruise ship passing Haines which doesn't get very many cruise boats at all and is very nice and quiet; the harbor is scenic and surrounded by the Chilkat Mtns. which top 10,000'

Picture three is a shot of one of the Alaska Marine Highway Ferrys as it was leaving skagway on Monday afternoon. This boar is similiar to the one we watched unload a couple of days ago. You can see the on/off load door in the center of the ship near the waterline. Don't ask what happens if they don't get the door closed all the way and water-tight.