071716 Our plans changed from stopping at Wrangell to see family; to going to Coffman Cove when my cousin, Bill Feller let us know that the ferry had broken down and couldn’t return his camper van to Wrangell from Coffman Cove. The Alaskain Ferry system dogged us again and again. You really can’t use them unless you have lots of time to conform to their schedules.

Coffman Cove had an expanded floating dock so we easily found a spot for $35 a night. For the most part, Alaska has very few shallow anchorages. We had to extend our anchor line a number of times to have enough scope so when we could find a dock, that was great!

My cousin and his girlfriend were there to greet us, they had just sent off other family members that morning. They have property 2 miles inland so we had fun getting to see it, checking out Craig 65 miles across Prince of Wales island and low and behold, there is a trophy mount that Scott finds at a thrift shop and picks up for our daughter, the artist who loves bones, hides, etc. We placed it in the head then asked Celeste to go fetch something and there it was! Now to get it home to Seattle…..