Wrangell

The summer weather is continuing with bright sunny skies and a pleasant temperature. We are in love with Wrangell. It is a small working town of about 3000 people living in the area. Although they get small cruise ships they said no to the big liners taking over their town and maintained their integrity. It is typical of any small town where everyone knows everyone else in the town. They are friendly and have time to stop and chat and don't mind to stop and chat either.
We took a slow stroll down the hill and walked the Main Street to see Sylvia at Alaska Vistas but since she was out at the observatory we checked in for the following day and went for coffee and pumpkin and walnut bread at the Stikine Inn. The two girls serving were highly amused with Neil and his antics.
From there it was a short stroll to the museum. Only small it was a very interesting museum giving the history of the area and the town's growth. Wrangell was the only town in Alaska to be ruled by four nations - the Tlingit, the Russians, the English , and the USA. Wyatt Earp was a temporary Marshall here for 10 days when he and his wife were on their way to the Klondike to seek their fortunes. He declined the offered full time position and many locals feel that Wrangell was to wild for Wyatt. Josie, Wyatt's common law wife, described it as a godless hole. It was bit of a rough old town back in the true frontier days.
In the afternoon we walked over the hill from where we are staying to walk through the muskeg, which are mossy bogs found in Northern America. I expected the bog to be similar to wetlands but they were not in any way similar. The bogs tend to be acidic and trees grow to a lesser height to elsewhere but it still seemed like Forrest to me and was a great walk communing with nature.
Dinner at the Stikine Inn. Neil - fish tacos and me chowder and salad.Read more