June 26, 2017

Fooled you. You thought we were going to leave Wrangell today. Well so did we! But we got a phone call from Ken in the morning. He had received a phone call from Rachel who said that they were planning a dance / presentation at Chief Shakes House at noon today, and would we be interested in going! There was a $15 each fee. Their next scheduled one was June 30th for the cruise ship and Ken would not be around then, so they wanted to go, and we did too as it was a great opportunity. The thought was that depending on how long it went and how we were feeling, we could motor over to Roosevelt Inlet afterwards. (Yah, didn't happen). We also asked if John and Judy from Stella Maris would be interested and could they come as well and that was all fine too.

So we worked on the computers and did some boat stuff and oh surprise, it was sprinkling. We met Reiki Master at the top of the ramp and Ken drove themselves to the Harbor and we started walking. Then he came back and got the 4 of us and drove us the rest of the way. Some other folks from a B&B joined us, and then another woman joined us as well for a total of 10. We listened to Arthur, Virginia, and Lou take turns telling us about themselves, the Tlingit history, and the house. There was a small short dance and song that was part of one done for the recent re-dedication in 2013. We learned that it took 3 woman, 3 years to "adze" the boards needed for the sides. 22,000 strikes per board. It was a great presentation and everyone really enjoyed it. They stopped and took questions all the way through so it was quite interactive. A lot of times, a question resulted in answers to many other things!

We went our separate ways afterwards and the 5 of us went looking for lunch. We tried the "new" pizza place but there was no where to sit down. So we walked over to Zac's Cafe which Ken and Kim had never been to either. It had tables and was warmer and was fine. It was close to 2:30 and so we headed over to the "Nolan Center" which is the museum. Ken went back to the boat but the 4 of us wandered through. We were all surprised at the number of people that were in there. The town was less "ghost town" today and stores were open. For the size of the town, the museum was quite incredible. Everything was quite new and so you could tell that they were investing in the community.

Back to the boat around 4:00 and it's still sprinkling. We started planning "The Narrows" trip so we were prepared for the next days travels. And we had invited the Reiki Master folks for dinner, so we started preparing that. Our classic standby - Turkey Burritos. We opened some wine and had a nice visit. A relatively early evening for everyone. Sure nice to have internet!