July 27, 28 & 29 - Craig, Prince of Wales Island

Here is lonely Bojangles waiting out the storm with the entire Alaska fishing fleet

The famous (for Craig at least) Ruth Ann Restaurant, good food and great service

We left Calder Bay and proceeded down El Capitan Passage which like Rocky Pass required a careful watch of the markers and charts. In fact we found even at the end of El Capitan Passage that navigation through the various coves and passages was a challenge all the way to Craig.

As we fueled up and docked at Craig we considered ourselves lucky to be at a dock since a big time storm warning was up for the outside coast. The order of the day according to the weather reports was for 50 knot winds and 15 foot plus seas on the outside for the next day or two. It is blowing and rainy in Craig but at least it is a decent size town and we are securely tied to the dock.
We had a great meal our first night a Ruth Ann's Restaurant, which turned out to be excellent and crowded. Due to the weather there are a lot of boats in Craig so we were glad to get a spot at the dock and made reservations for the next night at Ruth Ann's. We watched the winds blow up to 50 knots in town and the rain just drove down today so we were really happy to be hunkered down with a Brad Pitt DVD about Jesse James tonight.

I am looking about this morning and the storm seems to have broken so we likely will be continuing today for a neat little native village further south called Hydaburg. As it turned out. democracy on our boat prevailed. I voted to go and Nance voted to stay so we stayed put for another day, as the forecast was looking better for tomorrow. I changed the oil and fuel filters on the boat and generally cleaned Bojangles up a bit as she is getting a bit trip dirty. We can't have that you know.