What country are we in?
Haines, AK Haines is actually in Alaska. We didn’t realise we would be crossing the border today, so we weren’t really prepared food wise. The officer at the border control gave us a bit of a hard time with questions like who owned our car, did we own property in South Dakota, did we pay taxes to the US etc. Pity you have to hold your tongue. Imagine what they could put on their computer about you if you pissed them off? We had to go back to Canada and get rid of all of our firewood because of beetles. We couldn’t take in our tomatoes, apples and capsicums because of their seeds. No citrus or potatoes because of the skin. We now have a list, so will be better prepared next time. After about 10 minutes he decided we were okay and changed his attitude and told us about all the things to do in the area. The road into Haines is in excellent condition. There were hundreds of prairie dogs all the way along the roadside, which are like squirrels that have been to meerkat school. When t...