Eagle Robs Us Of Our Catch! Alaska Off-road Adventure Begins In Haines Ep 1

#alaska #familycamping #overland #adventure Join us for our short series on this Alaska overland adventure . Haines Alaska is our destination for this truck camping family adventure. Episode one of 2, in this beautiful land of the eagles.
We Start our overland Journey in our home town of Atlin, BC, Canada and make our way on the Alaska highway through Whitehorse, Haines Junction, Kluane National Park and Haines pass, to the beautiful coastal community of Haines Alaska. If you don't know what to do in Haines Alaska, make sure to tag along on our adventure to get some insider tips and activity suggestions. We're here in Haines Alaska for a few days, to look for some 4x4 tracks we haven't discovered yet. Haines is one of our favourite towns in the area, both as a family and as a couple. So much that we got married here some 14 years ago! Justin can't wait to go fishing, so first off, we go fishing at the point by Chilkat sate park. Eagles lurk on a fish that got caught by the tide going out, and it gets swooped away by one of two eagles battling, right in front of us. What an epic experience to come to Haines, for an overland alaska experience. We didn't catch any fish, but we go on the hunt for an eagle's nest and then find a spot to camp at Chilkoot lake. We could go wild camp, but we decide to go to Chilkoot lake, which is where we got married back all those years ago. Not much has changed. We make fish and chips for dinner with some fish we buy from the local store downtown Haines. Maybe tomorrow we can catch our own fish. We will try again, this time in the Haines harbour, where we are usually successfull at catching something. Our Tepui rooftop tent keeps us cozy and safe at night at the beautiful campsite. The Rooftop tent keeps us high above the bears that are notorious for hanging out here around Chilkoot lake and the Chilkoot River to fish for salmon. Thankfully no bear can get to us in our Rooftop tent. Road tripping, Truck camping or Overlanding, whatever you want to call it, is a lot more comfy in our Ford f250 as there is more room for Justin. We did not intend to take this big beast of a truck, but our Toyota broke down, or I should say, Sprung a leak, so we had to return home and change over all our overland camping gear from the Toyota to the Ford. Thankfully we were still able to make it out to Haines, Alaska.
Stay tuned for next week's episode where we dig down into the mud as we get caught on a steep, muddy, narrow track where we cannot turn around so have to commit. It takes us into the high country. What a find.
Thank you for your support and watching our videos, let us know if you would like to see some specific destinations visited by us!
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We are the Brient family.
We live in a remote community in northwestern BC on the Border with the Yukon.
During the week we operate a wood fired organic coffee roastery, at our off the grid property. On our weekends and days off, we go exploring the remote Yukon backcountry.
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Canol road: • S2 | EP3 Canol road 2021
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Campbell highway: • Epic Alaska Road Trip ...

[@cathyandgreg4239]

Haines looks like a nice town to visit, and the Bald Eagle adventures are a bonus.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Indeed! We love it there. They have a great state fair in the summer too, that we unfortunately missed this year.

[@vernsampson3584]

Another nice video. You show off these beautiful areas so well. My wife and I (and our 2 cats) explored SE Alaska in our boat along with friends in their boat. We found Haines to be much more real than Skagway although the WP&Yukon train trip was a big draw. Made a return trip to Whitehorse on the RR. That was in 1981. The cruise ship scene was not nearly as hectic as it seems to be now. On another note; your content deserves way more subscribers & likes. Carry on! Cheers from the west coast (of BC)

[@TheBrientFamily]

Thanks for the kind words Vern! That must have been a beautiful trip to explore SE Alaska by boat, it’s on our bucket list!

[@glennpurchase807]

Another great video. Beautiful scenery. I've never been to Alaska but would love to go. Thanks for taking me along with your videos.

[@DempsterDave]

The last time I went to Haines was in 1985 or so. Just a ferry stop on the way to Skagway. My wife flew into Haines many times on medevac flights as a flight nurse.

[@TheBrientFamily]

Oh wow! I wonder how much, or how little Haines has changed since then. Must have been beautiful to fly there!

[@DempsterDave]

Our first trip to Haines was in 1964, transferring from Glennallen ACS to Sitka communication station.

[@winifredconley6659]

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