Wrangell to Petersburg

Wrangell to Petersburg

Visiting Wrangell was very pleasant. It seems to be little affected by the cruise ship business. The smaller cruise ships come into Wrangell but not the behemoths.

The most important store in Wrangell was the City Market, a Western Family grocery store. When a shipment of produce came in it was excellent. The shelves were well stocked with most items one would ever need.

The other grocery store, Bob’s, was less than desirable. I had fresher produce in my ice chest from a week ago.

Reluctantly throwing off the lines we left Wrangell on Monday and did a long motor trip up the tricky Wrangell Narrows to Petersburg. The narrows is where our Dutch friends went on the rocks.

Petersburg is a little bigger than Wrangell and has not accepted the larger cruise ships.
It has a thriving fish industry. There are at least 4 large canneries here. There is always the smell of fish sauce in the air. The North Harbor, were we are docked, is very busy with fishing boats of all sizes coming and going. We are also flanked by two sailboat friends from previous ports.

There is a Norwegian influence here, but not as developed as Leavenworth. The rosemaling designs on the sidewalks, signs, and houses are a nice touch.

Tomorrow we head for Juneau via Tracy Arm. Tracy Arm is an inlet with several marine glaciers. We are a little worried about encountering icebergs. Our acquaintances from Texas said that icebergs jammed their little tour boat in and another boat came to push the bergs out of the way.

We probably will not have phone or Internet service for several days.

Our built-in cd player still isn’t working so I have been ripping our cd collection to be played on my mp3 player and external speakers.

We had a bit of cloud failure yesterday. Today the clouds are weeping in remorse.

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