OK, I think we’ve had enough of Alaska for this summer. Summer? It was 49 degrees as we left Metlakatla this morning, with wind blowing up to 20 knots, and rain. The wind chill factor put the temperature at 40 degrees. We had considered going over to Clover Passage to find humpback whales, but the weather was so bad, we decided to stop in Ketchikan again.
When the rain lightened up a bit, although it was still only 50 degrees, we walked up to the grocery store to pick up a few things, but ever since we got back to the boat, it has been raining - sometimes very hard. While at the store, we ran into a fellow Nordic Tug owner who we met while docked in Nanaimo. It was fun catching up on where he has been cruising and to compare our cruising “style.” He is from Seattle, and has been to Alaska before, so on this trip he had a goal of getting much further north than we were planning on going. That meant he put in some long days on the water, and passages we did in two or three days, he did in one. We spent more time stopping at interesting sites and playing tourist in the towns. One approach is not necessarily better than the other - just different.
We gave a fleeting thought about going out for a beer, or even dinner, but the rain kept us on board. Elaine is trying to use up the food products we can’t bring back into Canada, whenever we can head south. As we were both doing stuff in the galley, Elaine bumped into me and said “There isn’t enough room for both of us in this galley!” Yeah! That must mean we need a bigger boat…
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