So first and foremost Petersburg has a sick obsession (cue Kesha music), with Hewscrafts. There entire middle dock is like a floating advertisment for the company. Seriously, what do you all have against Bayliners?
A friend of mine warned me before I went to Petersburg that nothing good ever happens between Wrangell and Petersburg. While I have never been on a boat between those areas, I have to respectfully disagree. It's absolutely beautiful! On my one day off I had while I was there I drove to the end of the road and took a ton of poor quality iphone pictures along the way.
I should also point out that I did a bunch of touristy stuff along the way, including stopping by the swan observatory (there weren't any there, but it was still neat).
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| Can I just say how nice it was to see a bunch of Pushki? |
I also did some hiking along the way. I did three trails actually. The first one is a nice little boardwalk loop to Blind River Rapids. I'm told it has some great fishing.
The second one is a nice little nature hike called Ohmer Creek Trail. It does have one section where it comes to a road (turn left). I may or may not of went right the first time and walked about a mile before I realized I went the wrong way. Oh well, that is what adventures are all about.
I also went out to Three Lakes/ Ideal Cove trail. It's on a one way dirt road. It kind of reminded me of going ptarmigan hunting with my dad when I was a kid. Complete with a bunch of swearing when I got my truck stuck. So thank you kind stranger for pulling me out, it would have been interesting to have to explain to my boss how I got my work truck stuck on my day off.
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| I took the Crane Lake section |
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| I feel there should be ptarmigan here. |
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| It's good (?) to know there are assholes everywhere. |
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| I didn't bring any food with me, thankfully nature can provide. |
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| Ideal Cove and Frederick's Sound |
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| tThey have a public paddle boat you can use. An older couple were using it, and the little old guy was paddling is little wife around the lake. |
Overall, I would have to say Petersburg is a pretty cool place. After all they do have a Viking ship sitting right in the middle of town.
