Alaska 2021 - July 5 - 7

 Alaska 2021 – July 5 – July 7

We arrived to the west arm of Mirror Cove – another very rocky entrance as you can see from our Garmin tracking but it is a beautiful spot. 

We went on a tour of the area including a walk ashore to look at the old nickel mine in the pictures below.

Next on the tour was the 1 mile walk to White Sulfur Hot Springs.  We went in 2016 but from the water side by dinghy since we were anchored North in Porcupine Bay.  This time we took the trailhead from West Bay of Mirror Cove. We saw a lot of evidence of bear also using the trail! There is an indoor pool  and two outdoor hotsprings that are right on the ocean. There is also a forest service cabin with a big wood pile that can be rented at Rec.gov for a small fee each night. It is a spectacular setup!

We left on July 6 headed for Pelican which is about 35 miles away.  It involved another ocean crossing of a few miles but today was a spectacular day on the ocean. The fishing fleet is out in force on the 30 fathom line – about 12 trollers. Unfortunately we have to keep moving towards Glacier Bay as we have a reservation to enter on July 9 and we pick up Linda and Pete Jung on July 8 in Gustavus so we have to keep moving.

We found room at the dock in Pelican so we tied up for the night. The moorage was $50 and the power was $29.80 but unfortunately the power was not working so my plan to catch up on laundry was not possible here.  Pelican is a town with 60 residents (not full time) but I was  able to attend the monthly RHYC Zoom board meeting by using the internet that is available at the Pelican Library. That is one of the most difficult parts of travel in Alaska – No regular internet or phone service is available unless you are in the bigger cities and it is not very good there either. At least we were able to get caught up on news from home at the Library!

 

Its July 7^th today – Happy Birthday to our son Josh! We will be leaving for Elfin Cove today getting closer for our trip thru Glacier Bay starting on the 9^th.