Haines, AK Day 2...

The boat docks in Haines, AK

Treking through the snow in Haines, AK

My new snow boots hard at work!!! (I think I need some skinny jeans, since my regular jeans look pretty silly tucked in!)

Kevin LOVES his new boots!

As you can see, this morning we woke up to a rather big surprise...SNOW! And lots of it... Yesterday was such a beautiful day, I was sure we would not have any issues with driving, but we were thrown a little curve ball today. It is days like this that makes me think that God is a pretty good jokester... and he must get ALOT of laughs out of my life. Not that this is a huge disaster since we have 10 days (well 9 now...) to drive the 1000 miles to Homer, but it has put a little kink in our plans.

But to make the best out of everything, we woke up this morning and walked down to the general store and bought New Moon! :) We are holding out on watching it until tonight, and I am so excited! After the general store, we stopped and ate at this cute little restaurant called The Bamboo Room, and their breakfast was phenomenal! We met another guest at our hotel who is in the military as well. He is in the Air Force and is headed to Anchorage. We sat and chatted about what our plans were as far as driving in the snow, and talked him into waiting until at least tomorrow. I'm hoping we can maybe caravan with him in case anything happens to either of us. Kevin and I decided to walk down to the auto part store to see about getting some tire chains. I am not the best with directions and took us in the completely opposite direction, but we did get to see the famous Haines Hammer Museum (oh wow...) and we saw the boat docks, which was an amazing sight to see with everything covered in snow! Once we did make it to the auto part store we found out that they did not have any chains that would fit our car. We decided we would wait and see what the weather is like, but we will more than likely end up staying here one more extra night to be on the safe side. Once we got back to the hotel, we were notified that the auto part store had called to let us know they would be receiving a shipment tomorrow, and might be getting chains that will fit (thank goodness!!) Everyone here has been extremely friendly, and very helpful!

So for the bulk of the afternoon we were outside walking around in our new snow boots! I'm so glad we got them yesterday, because they were very handy today! It is about 30 degrees, and with how bundled up we were, we were actually hot and sweaty! But we are under a winter storm advisory, and have been dealing with snow all day! The snow in some parts is up to our knees! But I figured everyone would get a kick out of the advisory that is posted on the weather channel, so here it is...

Issued by The National Weather Service

Juneau, AK
11:50 am AKDT, Tue., Mar. 23, 2010

... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW AMOUNT: 5 TO 9 INCHES TODAY AND ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 19 INCHES.

BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG LYNN CANAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

It sure has been an adventure so far... and a trip that we will never forget! I will make sure to keep everyone updated while we still have internet access!!