June 27, 2017

Well, it didn't rain today! It was grey and cool, but no rain. We cleaned up a bit in the morning and did email and blog posts and then went over to Stella Maris to look at their photos from a previous trip to the Anan Bear Observatory. They had had a fabulous bear experience there a couple of years ago, and so it was great to see what it *can* look like. We were just too early when we went, which we knew. So we have resolved to go again on the way back down. Ken and Kim and Emilie came over to say goodbye and safe travels. We got ourselves together and left with Stella Maris around noon.

Wrangell Narrows is a "right of passage" for mariners. And we passed. We had a nice cruise following Stella Maris over to the entrance and then up the narrows. It was pretty empty of traffic so a complete non issue. We did time it so that we arrived in Petersburg about the same time as slack though so that helped. We went into it for a while, and then got a big push going up the narrows.

The harbor master assigned Stella Maris to the South harbor, and we were assigned to the North harbor. We got in around 5:15 or so. There was still some current at the dock which seemed to come and go as we were approaching - just kept me on my toes. We walked up to the harbor office and checked in - we're not sure if we are staying 1 night or 2 so we just kept it open.

Back down to Spellbound where we fed Bella and then waited for John and Judy. They came on board and we chatted for a while and they made the mistake of agreeing to see photos of our "rebuild" project. They think we have a new boat. Up to Papa Bears for pizza for dinner. It was pretty good. Petersburg has a reputation of not having any restaurants for people to eat at - which is quite odd really. The population here is double that of Wrangell, but apparently no one eats dinner out

We think we'll stay a 2nd day here. We're probably not going to stop again, and so it just seems weird to be here and not actually see anything of the town. Maybe it's not worth seeing the town (!), but we'll have to find that out for ourselves