Petersburg and heading South

Day 64 July 13 – Petersburg and heading South

Yesterday was another blast, of Iceberg dodging. Glen masterfully picked our way through the ice and over the bar to get us into the bay/channel toward Le Conte Glacier. The photo review last night was a riot. Just how many photos can one or 6-7 cameras take of the same blobs of ice? Let’s just say a lot. Debbie (on Miner’s Debt) has the record for the most photographs taken this week with 885, to Deb and Noble’s 730, digital cameras rock. Some good shots were taken by all.

It’s a sunny day in Petersburg. Up early to see Deb and Noble into a taxi at the harbormasters office for the first leg of their trip home. It was great fun to have them with us this week.

Just as their taxi was pulling up, I walked out of the Harbor Masters office and saw this guy standing at the head of the ramp. I thought hey, that’s the guy we saw in …. , no it was in ….., no - think again ?????? It’s Jim Waters from the ski patrol! What the heck! We’d heard that he was going to be in Alaska this summer but never expected to see him. What a small world.

He came down to the boat and we visited for awhile then went our separate ways to do our chores. He some laundry and kayak repairs; and us a quick walk through town including a stop at the grocery store for more flour. It seems that this bread baking deal is working. We topped off our water tank just before leaving town. We are topping off the tank whenever possible now, as our water maker does not seem to be working at peak performance. Meaning that sometimes the water it makes tastes – well let’s just say it’s not Evian or Talking Rain.

Okay for a recap – We’ve seen the following friends up here traveling this summer. Some have blogs, which I’ve linked to this blog.

Ski Patrollers – John Reed – Omega, and Jim Waters – Kayak of unknown name

Roche Harbor YC – Jim & Marcia Krell - Chinoo, Steve & Kim Oberto – Maximo

Go check out their blogs to see what they are up too.

Nat and Linda Collier just left Seattle for their northern adventures in the Broughton Islands of BC. I’ve linked their blog to ours as well. We hope to meet up with them at some point in a few weeks.

We have left Petersburg and are now officially heading south. Bummer. There is so much to see up here it is amazing. We planned four months for this adventure, with basically two in Alaska, but we can now advise that that is definitely not enough time. We very likely will be coming back, but not for a few years. We are heading through the Wrangle Narrows toward Wrangle where Debbie Bailey will be set ashore on Tuesday to fly home. The Wrangle Narrows are the narrows we came through the other direction about a month ago Twenty One (21) miles long with over 60 marker buoys to direct travel. Much of it is about 80 feet wide and some places a bit narrower. Its shoreline is speckled with fishing camps/lodges, and personal houses and/or cabins, and many many Eagles.