July 24-26, Petersburg to Grand Point

Emily's ferry didn't leave Petersburg until the evening of the 25th, so we wound up having almost three days to enjoy the amenities of Petersburg. Good to finally see the place after living so close for so long, though we probably ha a pretty good feel for Petersburg after an afternoon. But we ate lots of pizza and seafood and enjoyed our last few days together before the next stretch of my trip.

On the 25th, we carried Emily's boat and gear over to the ferry terminal in the afternoon and checked her in for the ferry ride back to Juneau. The ferry arrived on time, and we said goodbye. Sad to see her go after a great two-ish weeks together.

Got up and got packed up the following morning, and ate breakfast at the B & B. It was a little tricky to get my boat down to the water by myself, but managed to get loaded and on the water by 9:30, just a bit before low slack, so I got a little bit of a push from the ebb current out of the Wrangell Narrows into Summer Strait. I made the crossing to the North side of the strait from the Sukoi/Sockeye Islands, basically so that I would pass close to some of the icebergs I could see floating on the Northern side of the strait. I had paddled by icebergs before a number of times, but it's always a striking sight.

Spent much of the day paddling down Sumner Strait against a flood tide, but Sumner has only a weak flood current and a substantial back eddy in many places, so made good progress before stopping at an attractive campsite with good beach and upland sites near Grand Point, on the Eastern side of Farragut Bay.