Were in Thompson Bay tonight, just north of Petersburg. It was a challenge finding a spot to anchor since yesterday was opening day for commercial crab fishing and every reasonable spot to drop an anchor is filled with crab bouys. We backed into a small notch and stern tied just east of Spray Island. It seems to be fairly well protected and today has been a sunny and warm day after several cloudy cool and misty days.
Petersburg is a typical Alaskan fishing community, built around the norwegian immigrants and a fish cannery. it is still a going concern and the harbor is filled with working boats.
Chris found the reincarnation of her family's first boat a 17 foot bell boy and we got a photo of it. It looks a bit worse for wear and appears to be in need of a some cosmetic improvements. She is quite happy with what we have and was wondering how in the world they fit 2 adults and 4 kids in it and so was I.
We tried our hand at salmon fishing today, dodging small icebergs as we trolled north and of course we caught nothing. Even the gill netters around us appeared to be catching little or nothing so we did not feel so bad.
We saw one whale today in the bay but could not get close enough for good photos and it was not to interested in giving any kind of show.
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