We are in Meyers Chuck, AK. This is a funky isolated community that is about as off the beaten path as can be imagined. There are about 20 homes here lining the bay and the bay behind this one called "Back Chuck". A "chuck" is a Tlingit word meaning something like "bay that fills and empties with the tide". Technically, Meyers Chuck and Back Chuck are not true chucks, but so what.
The people here are genuine characters and have interesting histories and stories. Mostly dealing with how independent, yet supportive they are of one another.
I will say that their sense of humor is alive and well, based on the various art, signs, and notations we encountered on our hike.
This community is off grid, off power, and off water, and off Internet. But there is cell service here. Their cell tower is perched by the coast and run by a generator.
There are no roads, the only way in & out is by float plane or boat.
There is no grocery store, or any other type of store, but... One of the local people, Cassy, makes cinnamon buns and oatmeal cookies fresh. We called and she will deliver them to the boat at 0700 in the morning. My mouth is watering already.
Here are pictures of Blue Redd side-tied at the public dock in Meyers Chuck.
We arrived about 1600 (4:00 pm) and went for a hike to both ends of the island. Great hike through an enchanted rain forest down to the coast beach. We saw big slugs (go Brother!!!), quaint homes, colorful fishing buoys, a toad, interesting rocks, loads of spruce & hemlock trees, ferns, and mosses that covered the forest floor like an old shag carpet from the 70's.
On the left is a "spider in a spiderweb" work of art. Below is a heron made of driftwood, steel, & aluminum. There were lots of other bits of art scattered around the forest trails.
Returning to the boat, we elected to snack on wine & cheese on the aft deck and take in the surrounding solitude and tranquility.
Attilio Ghisolfi is a top Barolo producer. Their wines are always superb and this one is no exception. If you can find one of these, I promise you will enjoy it (if you like Barolo), and if you don't like it, please send it to me and I'll drink it for you!
And dinner was Bolognese sauce made with beef and spicy Italian sausage over farfalle (formal, bow-tie pasta).
On the way here this morning we unanticipatedly met up with Geary & Lois Long who own "Raven". We'd last seen them in Wrangell a few days ago. We traded some underway photos with them. Raven is a very pretty Selene 59.
Here's the picture they took of us on Blue Redd as they passed astern heading into their anchorage.
Returning to the boat, we elected to snack on wine & cheese on the aft deck and take in the surrounding solitude and tranquility.
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