Petersburg -1

We had to be at the ferry dock in Wrangell at 3:00 am for a 4:00 am departure. This early morning event cause us to pack up early and move to the ferry parking lot around 5:00 pm the night before. After a walk around town, of course nearly everything was closed by this time but it was a nice evening for a stroll. The four of us decided on eating at the Stikine Café for dinner. I ordered the first raspberry lemon aid and then Sue and Susi did the same after sampling mine. It came served with real raspberries and was special. Everyone ordered dinner and we could not believe the portions. I thought they were going to have to roll us out of the café. This meant more strolling around the city. We just could not go back to the RVs until we let our meals settle a bit. At 3 we were up and loading on the ferry for the relatively short trip(three hours) to Petersburg. The ferry has to go through the very narrow Wrangell Narrows. This means the ferry has to do a lot of turns but not to fear the water was like Glass. We even got to see a humpback whale. I was surprised to see how many houses there were along both shores.  As it turns out there is a road that runs the entire length of the island. Petersburg is on the north end of the island. When you drive to the South end you can see Wrangell on the other side of the water. Did not know that it was that close.

   

When we arrived we spent the day sleeping off our disturbed night sleep from the night before. Sue did get to visit the local quilt shop and I visited the two local hardware stores. The to the grocery and back to the trailer for dinner. We are staying at the Trees RV Park with water and electric. Had to pay for WIFI but it has been very good. Cell service is spotty.

Our adventure have been traveling the Three Lakes loop road. Along the way we have seen black tail deer mostly around the residential area, a mink(no pic), 3 bears (no Pics), and a number of eagles but only one would pose for me. Again we had a great day weather wise. Sue and I did to hikes one to Sand Lake and the other to Crane Lake. Both hikes were on board walks with lots of up and down step but easy. It continues to amaze us the lack of wild life. We see very few birds or squirrels. We do not know why that is. Maybe we are just a little to early in the season.

   

The rest of the pictures are here.