Wrangell

We took a tender to the local harbour and walked into town.

There was a shuttle bus, but we decided to walk as it wasn't too far. We avoided the town centre and followed other roads until we came to Mt Dewey trail head.

Mt Dewey is a small conical hill that we walked up mainly via a boardwalk track to the top. On our descent, halfway down, we took a different path, which was gravel and came out at the airport road.

We followed the road back towards town and diverted to walk around Volunteer Park Nature Trail. It was a pleasant walk with small information boards talking about the peat bogs and their environment al importance, and different plants. One of the plants is skunk cabbage, the leaves of which are huge and look like they are on steroids. It is one of the first plants to appear after winter, and bears eat it after coming out of hibernation.

We discovered we weren't the only people walking around Volunteer Park - we kept bumping into another couple from the ship who had also walked up Mt Dewey.

We eventually rejoined the main road into town and walked along the main street. Town was busy with locals preparing for festivities for tomorrow.

We had thought about having fish and chips for a late lunch, but the price for a portion was sky-high: 30 USD. We didn't want to buy a fishing boat, just some fish! A little stall was selling burgers with a starting price of 15 USD.

As much as we felt that we should support the local economy, our European bank balance would take a major hit if we had a meal in town so we decided against it and headed back to the harbour and ship.

The hot tubs at the aft lido looked inviting, so we sat in one for about an hour and a half until the ship left Wrangell.Read more