Peter and mom fly out today on the evening flight from
Wrangell, so we’re heading there. I was
beginning to think the sun may no longer exist, but it emerged from the clouds
this morning! Just in time for Peter and
mom to leave.
I feel a bit badly that we didn’t get better weather. Of course, I can’t do a thing about the
weather, but it’s unfortunate that they didn’t get to see more scenery or do
much exploring.
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| Fog, getting ready to break |
The trip into Wrangell was easy. I got gas on the way in and the settled into
the dock. It’s good to get electricity
so I can dry the boat out. Everything’s
wet.
After Peter and mom left I picked up a few groceries and took
a shower. Then I paddled across the
harbor (about 100 yards) to the Nordhavn 60 Daybreak that I had met in
Sitka. Jerome and Karen were enjoying
the sun in the cockpit and invited me on for a drink. The drink turned into more drinks and lots of
conversation and then dinner. Really
nice people and I may run into them further south.
Tomorrow I’ll start heading for Ketchikan with only a loose
itinerary. No more guests for the
summer, so it’s just me and the boat. My
loose plan is to be in Ketchikan around Tuesday, pull the boat out of the water
for oil changes (top and bottom), a new impeller (700 hours on this one, and
the glacial silt can’t be good for it), and anything else that needs to be
done. I don’t want to get stranded in
Canada!
After the work is done I’ll wait for a good weather window
and head across Dixon Entrance into BC.
Then I’ll take 2-3 weeks to get south to Vancouver Island, spend a week
or so in the Broughton’s and Desolation Sound, then be back in Anacortes mid
September.
More updates from Ketchikan, then things might get spotty in
Canada due to pricey and spotty cell phone coverage.
21.0 nm today and 2,322.5 total
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