Monday 1 August 2022

Elfin Cove .... a beautiful little community with a few year round residents, a number of summer only residents and a "fishing resort".  Being early in the season, we were lucky enough to find dock space and enjoyed a wander around on the extensive boardwalk.




















(the HOT LINE to ....???)

 





Clevelands joined us for a week (Wrangle to Sitka) ....
We got to enjoy many pot luck meals together with Piredmus and Daybreak before taking Cam and Nancy into Sitka for their return flight. 











We thoroughly enjoyed Beautiful Sitka ... 






This is a (crazy) restaurant in the process of being opened.  The owner was quite a character .... not sure if it will EVER open ... he has been at it for years !!??



Sunset off the cockpit, in the marina ....




The very important "provisioning"  ... way to go Nanc !!!








There is a bear sanctuary in Sitka, started by a fellow who got tired of the orphaned cubs being shot after loosing their mamas.  It is (or was) illegal to rehabilitate bears so the only way to save them is to raise them in an enclosed habitat.  The sanctuary does its best to emulate a bear's natural environment.












 

Tuesday 26 July 2022

Working our way north .....

 

                                The farther north we got, the more dramatic the scenery ....









Piredmus underway.....


Daybreak at anchor ....




Saw more than a few of these big girls !!








For sale or Fire sale ???
😉




Daybreak and Sea Level docked at Warm Springs Cove  ....





Petersburg

 

Petersburg 
A Norwegian community ... founded around their fishing industry













Cool gate .....


I attended a Norwegian baking demo ....





Then we went clam digging ...






Disgusting ... but great crab bait !!









Wrangell

                                                           En Route to  Wrangle




Meyers Chuck .... an interesting little "summer community".  Not quite "open for business" as we were early in the season !!


On into Wrangle .... a beautiful little "western" community !


The people of Wrangle are very proud of their community ....  LOVED this sign at their museum!




Loved THIS sign a little less .....😕







SO hoping to see "bears on the beach" .....












Jerome turns 70 !!  Birthday Dinner on Sea Level ....





The new Fisherman's Memorial at the marina ....














The trip from Wrangle to Petersburg runs up Wrangle Narrows .... scenery is getting more dramatic !


Piredmus behind us followed by Daybreak