Well, we have covered a lot of waters these past 4 weeks and before noon today we arrived at the city dock in Wrangell and, room for both boats.  First impression for all six of us was that this was a "nice little town" - one main downtown street going up from the dock with a good variety of stores. First things first we did laundry and checked out the City Market Grocery + store and found there were some good sales. I was gravitated to the "Marie Callendar" pumpkin pie - big enough for six so our neighbours may join us for coffee and dessert this evening. The "big" cruise ships don't stop here but they get the smaller ones.  The several clothing stores were well supplied and had good sales on as well.  A couple big hardware stores, etc. and we won't forget "Crazy Bobs" will we Marg??   She just about got the opportunity to see the goodies he kept in the back room. Tee Hee!! After that I wasn't about to go in there alone!! Anyone you know Marg. - she did find a bargain or two! A few touristy shops all nicely done up with a big variety of souveniers, etc.  And the townfolk were sooo friendly!  I made the mistake of sending Norm back down to the boat from the laundry for a few things.  Much later he returned and casually let us know that evening that a nice lady with a big Cadillac had given him a ride back.  And Marg's story is that while returning from the laundry later in the day with her two big bags of laundry and bag of groceries plus some other bag she was balancing (where WAS Dave anyway??)  well - the lady from the pub came out and nicely offered her a ride back to the boat.  Now how nice was that??  Marg wasn't even a regular customer!  Moving along here - it was a great day and after supper Marg and I walked Annie and ended up a mile down the road to a beach where there were some interesting heiroglyphics - and camera was on the boat. Wrangell is a major sport fishing area. After another walk through town this a.m. to make a last purchase we are on the way to Petersburg. Now this is a bit of a challange. The "standard northbound route" from Wrangell leads through Wrangell Narrows to Petersburg. On the map you will see "Dry Strait" and you don't want to go there!!  It crosses the Stikine delta to reach the northern fork of the Stikine River. This route largely dries into a rippled 5-mile-long mud flat at 6 feet above zero tide and the channel continually changes. The mighty Stikine River flows from deep inside B.C.  So heading west we come to Midway Rock where we turn north on "the Narrows".  Nearly all north and south-bound traffic in S.E. Alaska passes through here. The first of nearly 60 numbered navigational aids begins at the S. entrance where the dredged 300-ft.-wide channel begins and deep-draft vessels have little or no maneuvering room, and small craft vessels (us) must keep out of their way to avoid being run over. Strong currents and one must wait for the right tides as it comes in from each end and meets about in the middle. A challenge!!!  - Travelled to Half Moon Bay - a wide spot in the Narrows where it is good to anchor and not quite half way to Petersburg, and had a good sleep.  Away by 5a.m. Wed. (well, most of us anyway) and the way I heard it there was quite a bit of fog for the rest of the way up Channel and Marg was on look-out duty for logs, boats, etc.; Norm had an eye open as well and Capt. Dave got us safely to Petersburg before 8a.m. - it was foggy, low tide and we had to dodge a lot of fishing boats but we arrived safely! 

Petersburg is just a busy fishing port with population of 3900 many of Norwegian descent. We were able to get two nights on the dock so had a great time "doing the town"..