After leaving Ketchikan with a good share of our money,for the stay at the dock and the generator parts and repair, we headed up Clarence Strait to Meyers Chuck. We left in light rain; Ketchikan is going to have to do better than that to get their totals up to average this year(12 feet). Clarence was behaving very nicely, but it was a slow trip due to running against the current. We have been spoiled with good, pushing currents for sometime.
Arriving at Meyers Chuck we found the floats full with the only option to anchor out or raft onto another boat. We rafted onto the fish buying tender "Savage". A 90 footer that we learned was owned and operated by a very petite little woman who has had the boat for 16 years. She looks like a kid, but it seems that she does very well with that big, old boat.
This morning there was a general boat shuffling and we took the dock space that Mary Grace left. The Provider moved to the inside of the dock and the boat that was anchored out, Huntress, rafted onto Savage. We had a rain shower in the early morning, but then the sun came out and it has been a beautiful day. We thought DX was coming in today, but he is across the channel from us and we'll probably meet up tomorrow. It's been fun visiting with the folks on the dock here; local residents as well as visiting boaters. And the best thing is that these state docks are FREE in Alaska.
My tomato plants (from the seeds I found in a Geocache in Idaho) is blooming up a storm and has set on at least 3 tomatoes so far. Life is good. Except Bob has not caught a fish yet...it's still early.
More later...
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