Days 31 and 32 Wrangell

 

June 19^{th  and 20th}               Wrangell

David, Bryan and Lewis chartered a fishing boat for today and were picked up at 7 am. We were all looking forward to some fresh halibut tonight! Jess, Ella and I had a girls day that began at the 

laundromat…Whooo Hooo!

We threw our two loads into the washers and started our walk exploring downtown.We asked our taxi driver for a lunch rcommendation and she suggested we try out the July 4th King and Queen fund raising food booths.  She asked us to support Robbie and we did. I ordered a flatbread taco which was delicious.

The ladies quite enjoyed our stroll through town poking around in the shops and, finding treasures. We, of course, thought of our menfolk and bought t-shirts and caps.

The men returned from their fishing trip around 3:30 without any fish (Whaaat??) They had a great time together and did go to four different locations getting only a couple of bites. I think I was more disappointed then they were!

Our outboard motor is toast. David left right away to see a man about a new motor.  The only shop in town is owned by the dad of the charter boat “captain”. The dad had already heard from his son that Dave and Bryan got “skunked” on the fishing trip. He asked, “Did Mike give you any halibut?” When they answered “No”, he said, “Well, we gotta get you some halibut.” He then jumped in his truck and drove to his house bringing back frozen halibut and deer meat. This was before David had committed to buying a new motor!

Boy did we enjoy our halibut that night cooked the Ron Francis way.

June 20^th Wrangell

It has been a heat wave here in Wrangell. So unexpected. Temperatures have reached 89 degrees and we were told this is a typical Wrangell summer. Surprising to us.

This is the last day we will have Bryan and family with us. We decided to take the kids for a walk to a playground along the shore. We walked through a wooded path past a cemetery with American flags adorning many of the grave sites. Lewis searched the beach for shells and Jessica built an Inuksuk out of rocks. It was such a relaxing way to spend their last morning with us.

David put out our crab pots over the side of the boat early this morning,,and we just brought up four for lunch. Didn't really have to work at it much.