Haines to Peterson, Alaska

This was a fairly rough 12 hour overnight passage not fit for a trailer boat. Constellation has stabilizers and the motion did not bother us, but did some passengers. Peterson is in a very well protected bay, but five miles away Windy predicted 28 MPH winds, gusts to 40 and over five foot seas so the boat and flights to the nearby glacier were cancelled.

The village namesake is not the saint, but a Norwegian fisherman (Peter Buschmann) and cannery owner, so we're lucky its not named Buschmannson or you'd need a larger envelope to address every letter return address. We had unexpectedly good weather and even some sun for our six mile walk and coach tour. We saw a bunch of bald eagles and an orca patrolling the shoreline and a fish ladder beside a roaring waterfall.Read more