Wrangell Wrap Up 06/11
There are a number of attractive campsite options available in Wrangell. The Forrest service operates about 10 no frills tent campsites at Nemo about 20 miles from Wrangell.. Some of these could support RV’s of minimum size. These campsites were located on a ridge high above the bay. These were about the best scenic and situated rustic campsites we have ever seen. They were fantastic. We went there to see them. They were vacant. I also believe there is no change for using! This is best kept secret on inside passage.
There is also a city owned campground that supports less than 10 campsites, some with electric hookups. These are also located in a wooded area with great ocean views!
We camped at neither. I had decided to make reservations at Alaska Waters RV setup because of full hookups including WIFI. The WIFI was no yet operational for season. There was no picnic table nor would you want to be outside much due to awful junk on neighboring lots. There was an ocean view through the trees. This was a good 1st night place to charge your batteries, fill water tanks, empty sewage etc. We didn’t realize the great rustic camping available down island away from Wrangell.
Free WIFI was available at Alaskan Waters office near the docks on Main Street.
What we lost were evenings by a warm fire overlooking the most majestic bay in the world with mountains rising on all sides. Who’s really complaining? It was a learning experience.
Fred hates to be taken advantage of! It drives him bananas at times. For example:
He got a bill from Verizon Broadband for over $700 for May via email. It took him several days to finally determine the issue, “Roaming charges of 2 cents per kilobyte for all pictures that were uploaded!!” It is now obvious how many are duped into these outrageous charges. We have experienced a Verizon that has demonstrated extremely poor customer service availability, techniques that border on nefarious, and unethical management. They also had suspended our account with notifying us. There was no indication that we was incurring roaming charges and there was every indication that we were receiving normal service as we went into Canada.
We took pictures of what campsites we could have stayed at for a lot less than we paid.
We visited the Nolan Museum which featured the history of this area of Alaska. This should not be missed if you come here!
We went to petroglyph beach to see the stone picture carvings left behind before the native tribes arrived.
We crossed the bridge to see Shakes Island – a replica of a famous tribal chieftain’s home
We climbed up to Rainbow Falls and attempted to climb another 2.5 miles to a lookout high above the bay.
We stooped near the top after a 2 hour climb up. We were following our daughter’s lead.
We took a kayak paddle in the Wrangell bay area, first paddle in pacific for Milly and Kim
We washed the camper and car before heading to ferry for our 9:30 PM departure to Petersburg. We arrive there at 12:30 AM. We also discovered that a change in our schedule from Sitka moved us to a slow ferry from the fast ferry that increased the trip from 9 hours to 16.5 hours with no cabin space available on slow ferry.
Tags: Petersburg, Wrangell