More Hoonah rain

  Tuesday June 26th 2012

Pouring rain again today , decided to stay in Hoonah another day as the weather looks much better for tomorrow with reduced wind and seas forecast for our route.
There is a Native run facility just outside of town where several cruise ships a week anchor and disgorge the tourists. Today, being “Two ship Tuesday” according to the locals, it was pretty busy. One ship came in at 7 AM till 3PM and as he pulled out another took his place from about 4PM till 10PM. The native corporation has refurbished an old cannery and filled it with a museum and a whole bunch of gift shops (and a couple of jewelry stores). They also run whale watching tours, wildlife( looking for bear tours), a Zip line, Kayaking and canoeing , sport fishing etc.

Hoonah cannery from the water

Clan house and totems

Friendly native

Salmon canning line

Friendly bear

There is a shuttle bus to and from town so we took it in reverse and spent a couple of hours there, since it was mostly between one ship load leaving and the other not yet arriving, the friendly staff had lots of time to chat with us so it was an enjoyable afternoon.
We checked out the local grocery store on the way back, they had some frozen strip loin steak for $15 per pound, jam for $7.00 a jar and bread for $7.00 a loaf. Sure glad we topped up at Costco in Anacortes before we left.

Still raining this evening, it hasn’t stopped all day.