Day 52; June 20: Linda had some flight issues so she didn’t get in until close to midnight. We called a taxi and he was watching out for her and got her to the marina very reasonably. We went to the grocery store for a few last-minute things. We called Hank the taxi guy to take us to the national totem park. Walked the entire park and walked back to downtown Sitka. We decided to eat at a place that had Yelloweye fish and chips. It was to die for, as good as Halibut IMO.

Day 53; June 21: We got a late start today, due to the slack current time at Sergius Narrows. We could have left later but I got anxious to go. We sat in front of the narrows and had lunch then we went through an hour early. We went the additional 30 miles to the anchorage after we got through the narrows. I was glad we got through early since there was a National Geographic Cruise boat and a coast guard cutter that lined up to through exactly at slack. Once at Appleton Cove there were a couple small boats with people camping, one other cruiser and 200 crab pots. Most of the pots were shallow around the edges so finding a spot wasn’t difficult.

Day 54; June 22: This morning there was a swarm of small flying bugs on the boat all over. Once I went out to pull the anchor I was attacked by a few thousand of these little bastards. I got several bites on my face neck and head, even under my hat. We had a nice cruise to Pavlof Harbor, Chatham Strait was flat and we saw three whales and a couple pods of Dall Porpoises. There was one boat here when we got here but now there are six boats in the anchorage.