Wrangling in Wrangell

The puns and egregious abuse of the English language will not subside.

This waterfall is in Eastern Passage, just northeast of Wrangell, AK.   I wanted to get closer, but it is reportedly only 2' deep, so this was as close as I would get.   I am a wimpy captain...

We moseyed our way down from Madan Bay to Wrangell.   We had time to kill as we were timing the currents and I had a business meeting.   No matter when I schedule a meeting, it always coincides with something both important and urgent aboard.   Oh well, I guess I asked for that.

We thought this might be another waterfall, but no.   Just a beautiful meadow around a shallow lagoon.

We saw Doug on Peregrine pass us at the north end of Wrangell Island.   We met Doug and his family last year in Sitka.

I'm guessing they headed for Petersburg.  Petersburg will be our destination tomorrow.

This is Wrangell as we approach from the south.   We originally came in from the north but had to dilly-dally a bit longer until my business meeting finished.   So, we ended up below Wrangell and approached the harbor from the south.

Karen, Master Dockhand & Admiral.   When we dock, she handles the lines while I drive.   We swap roles if we are anchoring, so she drives while I retrieve the anchor.   I guess that works out in the end.

Our good friends Jerry & Jenni seem to know everyone.   We had no sooner docked in Wrangell when Michael showed-up and introduced himself saying that Jerry had told him to come over and say "Hi".

Michael regaled us with horror stories of leaving his boat over the winter here in Wrangell.   Even stored under a tent on the hard, many of the boat systems froze and broke.   Very unfortunate.

This Northern Marine 57 is Michael & Heidi's boat.  That's a serious cruising boat.

Beautiful paint job!   It looks like a mirror.

This is Heritage Harbor, Wrangell, AK.   You can't see us for the sea of boats in here, but we are off to the left in this photo.  Heritage Harbor is inconveniently located about 3/4 mile south of town.

Additionally, Wrangell has a well-earned reputation for unreliable power and poorly maintained dock-power systems (mostly breakers).   We had the typical problem of no shore power when we docked.  Flipping the breakers on-off about 20 times seemed to get everything working again.   Last year, we had the same problems, but I gave up trying to fix it and just ran our generator.

Dinner!!!   Spaghetti in a Bolognese sauce.   I love this dish.

It was preceded by a arugula-sundried tomato salad in a light lemon/EVOO dressing/   This was accompanied by a very tasty 2020 Long Cellars Jamanka.

We walked out to the Fishermen's Memorial at the end of the south seawall.

There are about 8 of these "boats" adorned with the names of the fishermen who are no longer with us.  Some died quite young, some remarkably old.   Regardless, lost at sea is not a great way to go.

At the north end of the marina is the fish processing plant.   All the marinas we've visited in Canada and Alaska are working marinas full of work boats.   We pleasure boaters get the workboat slips only when they vacate them to exercise their profession (commercial fishing).   Fortunately, that happens a lot in the summer months.

The above picture is at 2130 (9:30pm) from our moorage in Heritage Harbor.   It is foggy and rainy; it is beautiful and so peaceful.

It is an 0600 up and 0700 off the dock start for us tomorrow.   We have to catch the currents through the Wrangell Narrows between Wrangell and Petersburg.   To do otherwise would not work out well as we'd motor backwards in the currents.  Look for tomorrow's update to see how we fared!    Oooh, a sequel... (like Rocky 47 or something, but less famous).

Good Night.