Thank you Haines friends for welcoming me 15 years ago and for letting me share the wonderful Alaska wilderness, your friendship and camaraderie. My thanks is a little late in coming, but it took me this long to realize that my time in Haines has come to an end.

I miss visiting with you at Mountain Market, passing you on the Battery Point trail, at the beach bonfires and salmon bakes, at Beerfest, the July…