Sincerely, Denise

THORNE BAY AT THE DOCK

Thursday, June 4^th

The wind had already arrived this morning when we woke up, in fact it arrived even earlier with waves slapping the side of the boat in middle of the night. Picked up the rental truck this morning for our adventures to the other side of the Prince of Wales Island from a place called Adventures Alaska here in Thorne Bay. A nice double cab pickup that comfortably accommodated all 6 of us. As we were headed out, both John and Bill had been fighting with irregular electrical connections all morning and both frustrated. When we went up to pay our moorage on the way out of town, the staff got ahold of someone from the Harbormaster Office who met them back at the dock to assess the situation, which meant our trip was delayed. Meanwhile we explored the little town with a visit to the grocery store, a cruise through town, and a stopover at the shoreline to watch the many eagles feeding on carcasses on the shoreline. Not sure if someone fed them, or they caught these fish but multiple groups of eagles were devouring their catch. Eventually the electrical problem was solved and we were on our way. It was about an hour to traverse the island over to Craig and Klawock. We were STARVING by the time we arrived in Craig and went straight to the Craig Inn Bar & Grill for a delicious lunch. Afterward we cruised the town of Craig and drove by the harbor to investigate moorage for future boat trips. Stopped at the native headquarters and perused their gift shop before continuing on to Klawock. In Klawock we visited the totem parks and once again investigated the harbor. Neither town really had much going on to see or do, so we soon turned back for Thorne Bay. The scenery across Prince of Wales Island is very similar to that of Vancouver Island. Sadly no wildlife sightings except the occasional deer, we continue to be on the lookout for bears and have yet to see one on this trip! The rain moved in and everyone just hunkered down for the evening on their respective vessels, all cozied in for the night.