July 29 - 30 – Starting South

We arrive back at the boat in the pouring rain, but things are fairly dry inside and the propane fireplace quickly warms us up.

In the morning we are happy to see our friends Grahame and Shirley on Tangleberry pulling into the slip beside us. It is good to see them again, having been on our own since Prince Rupert, almost a month ago. Grahame’s sister, her husband, and teen-age granddaughter have been with them for a couple of weeks and are catching the ferry here to return to their vehicle in Prince Rupert. We join them all for their last dinner together at a restaurant on the waterfront.

Finally, in the morning, we say goodbye to Tangleberry and their guests, and we leave Petersburg, starting the long trip home. G&S will go north for another day, hoping to see whales and icebergs, then will probably catch up to us in a few days.

We motor south through Wrangell Narrows in pleasant weather, and have a choppy trip into Wrangell Harbour. Our jib furler is acting up – one more job for Cliff to do tomorrow in Wrangell while Orma spends time at the cleanest laundromat north of Port McNeill.

After a delicious dinner of Oven Baked Sesame Halibut with Cranberry Salsa (ask us for the recipe) we have a game of crib and Orma writes the blog while Cliff tries to finish his Michener book.