06/16/2010 - Wednesday

Please excuse me for the delay in posting today's travel report. The hotel we stayed in did not have any Wi-Fi.

Today was a longer than usual day. We got up around 2:00 a.m. since we had to check in with the ferry at 2:30 a.m. for our trip from Ketchikan to Wrangell. We drove the vehicle on board the ferry at 4:00 a.m. It departed at 5:00 as scheduled.

We had interesting conversations with a couple from Australia and another couple from Antwerp, Belgium. A few seats away was a couple from West Bloomfield. A man from Houston, Texas was also involved with our conversations.

After arriving in Wrangell we were able to check in with the hotel quickly, even after driving the wrong way down a one way street. Also, the hotel was spray painting the exterior so we could not park close.

The town was small enough that we were able to walk the entire length in probably 15 minutes. We went to a local Tlingit (Native Indian) clan house and then to the local museum and visitor center - probably one of the best visitor centers we have been to on this trip.

The small down town (I do not remember any traffic lights) had a few murals on the sides of buildings, but nothing like I have reported earlier that we seen in Clemainus, BC.

We went to the local 'Petroglyph Beach' where there was supposed to be petroglyphs (old carvings in rocks). We did not see any.


Signed:
The Wayward Travelers