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Petersburg II

Sat 14-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

A very rainy day so we went into town to do our two weeks of wash, see the museum, and use the Wi-Fi at the library.  We also visited the two hardware stores in... more

LeConte Glacier

Fri 13-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

In the morning we took a short walk at Blind River Rapids followed by a nice lunch at Coastal Cold Storage, but the big event of the day was a trip by boat to the... more

Mitkof Island

Thu 12-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

The sun in our eyes woke us at 4:45. Nice to have sun, but it seemed a little early. At low tide we walked out to the little island across from our camp. All the rocks... more

Petersburg I

Wed 11-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

Another sunny day. We drove a bit further south to the Greens Camp to check out the camping there. It turned out to be a very large area with 30 or so large sites, many... more

Wrangell to Petersburg

Tue 10-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

We got our wish: A sunny day for our trip to Petersburg. Before loading time we took a hike on the Rainbow Falls trail. Another hike through a beautiful rain forest,... more

Nemo Point

Mon 9-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

Again we woke in Wrangell to rain and misty low clouds. But as the day wore on, we began to notice a pattern of more time between the rain showers and less rain with... more

Wrangell

Sun 8-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

As promised, it was really rainy and cold. We managed a walk on the town dock during one clear moment and met an interesting gentleman who lives on his boat there all... more

Ketchikan to Wrangell

Sat 7-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

Today was one of Ketchikan’s rainy days – a heavy fine rain all day. The locals were hoping for more. The beautiful days we had been experiencing meant that... more

Ketchikan Hiking

Fri 6-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

Today was another sunny day so we decided it was a hiking day. We considered all of the options and decided to hike the Perseverance Lake Trail. It had the advantages... more

Misty Fjords

Thu 5-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |

We awoke today to a beautiful sunny day; the high ended up in the mid-60s. It was an easy decision to go to the office of Allen Marine Tours to see if we could get a... more