7/22/2024 - 7/28/2024 We really have started our journey south. We left Petersburg with clean laundry and full refrigerators and stopped in Wrangell to visit the Anan Wildlife Viewing area (see last blog post) and to pick up guests. Phil’s sister Liz and husband Keith joined Kinship in Wrangell after they spent two weeks on a National Geographic cruise through southeast Alaska. We celebrated Annette’s birthday this week along with Brad and Marya’s 33rd wedding anniversary.
7/23/2024 We enjoyed an amazing day at the Anan Wildlife viewing area in the Tongass National Forest. See my last post for those adventures. While the six of us were looking at bears, Phil’s sister Liz and husband Keith rented electric bikes and toured Wrangell.
7/25/2024 We left Wrangell and spent the night anchored in Thoms Place State Marine Park. This was a very protected and calm anchorage. We celebrated Annette’s birthday here with everyone aboard St. Florian. Sally baked a beautiful four layer cake with chocolate frosting. It isn’t polite to tell a lady’s age so you must look at the cake to decide which birthday we celebrated.
7/26/2024 An early six am start had us headed to Meyers Chuck. Our early start paid off and we were able to get all three boats onto the public float. This allowed us to have a bit of a dock party where we shared appetizers and enjoyed some sunshine.
7/27/2024 Our next stop was one night in Ketchikan. We stopped here on the way up and really enjoyed the town. Liz and Keith had not been here so we wanted to give them the opportunity to visit this very cute town. Our second visit was much quieter. Brad and I were both fighting off a bit of a cold, and coupled with the rain we opted to stay in for the night. It was our 33rd wedding anniversary and we still like each other enough to enjoy spending time together. Brad cooked up some of the rock fish he caught in Glacier Bay. We watched a couple of episodes of House of Cards (we didn’t watch it in 2013 when it originally aired) and stayed dry. I am surprised, yet not surprised how the political key topics have not changed.
7/28/2024 Today we moved to Pond Bay to stage for Monday’s crossing of the Dixon Entrance back into Canada. This can be an uncomfortable leg if the weather and seas aren’t calm. Monday is the best day unless we want to sit for another week. Liz and Keith have flights to catch to continue their vacation and so schedule says Monday is our day.
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