Hammer Museum – Wandering Dawgs

Sometimes we stop to see unusual roadside attractions as we wander around America.

We had to take a tour of the Hammer Museum — Hammer Museum in Haines, Alaska

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Smallest Church in America in Ochopee, Florida — Smallest Post Office in America in Ochopee, Florida

Smallest Church in America, Townsend, Georgia

The Iron Horse on Highway 15 in Green County, Georgia

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20070413SD-(5) — The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota

We visited Superman in Metropolis, Illinois — Superman Statue in Metropolis, Illinois

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20080602Country-Roads-Take-Me-Home-(1) — John Henry Statue, Talcott, West Virginia

What kind of unusual attractions have you seen in your travels?

Day 36: Thursday, June 20, 2013

One of the things on my list of things to do in Alaska was to eat some fresh crabs right from the dock. Thanks to Joyce, the great owner of the Oceanside RV Park where we are staying, I crossed that off my list on Thursday night.

I went for an early morning walk around the harbor and then hoping to see some more Bald Eagles, we drove a few miles down the road to Chilcoot Lake in Chilcoot State Park and along Mud Bay Road to the seafood cannery.

I walked around Haines Harbor in the early morning

Haines Totem by the harbor

Chilcoot Lake

Bald Eagle at Chilcoot Lake State Park, Haines, AK

Mama Bald Eagle on nest in Chilcoot State Park, Haines, AK

Bald Eagle at Chilcoot Lake State Park, Haines, AK

Then we went down to the dock to help clean today’s catch of 38 Dungeness Crabs.

Deadliest Catch!

The guys are hard at work

Joyce and crew cleaning crabs on the dock

A trip to the Hammer Museum sounded like a fun way to spend the afternoon before dinner.

Henry and Blondie at the Hammer Museum

Hammer Museum in Haines, Alaska

This one is for our friend Chuck, president of a small bank in Georgia

This is for Henry and all his buddies at BellSouth

A display of seafood hammers. Our mallet came in handy when we had a dinner of Dungeness Crab

Finally, it was time to eat!

Owner Joyce and the camp host getting ready to cook

38 Dungeness Crabs

Time to eat

Joyce, the owner of Oceanside RV Park, often puts on a crab boil or salmon bake for her guests. Joyce organizes everything, teaches everyone how to clean them, and then cooks them. Everyone brought a covered dish and paid for however many crabs they wanted. After we ate our fill of our six crabs we picked the rest and froze it for later in the trip.

Joyce is one of the hardest working RV park owners we have ever seen and goes out of her way to make you feel at home. If you are going to Haines, Oceanside RV Park is the only place to stay. This is NOT a paid advertisement! She doesn’t even know I’m posting this.