Petersburg, Alaska

We have been here for a few days now. A very friendly Norwegian City of 3500 people including a lot of fisherman.  I think there are 5 processors of fish in town, good restaurants and cute shops in town. This will be where we leave the boat for the winter. We have met the 'boat sitter' and are pleased to learn we do not have to do much winterzing of the boat. There is good, consistent power and the little heaters we boat for the lower compartments should be all we need. Apparently, they do get a good bit of snow here but the temperatures do not stay below freezing for long periods of time.The city has 800 boat slips and is active all year.  There are pleasure boats of all sizes up to 200 feet that stay here.We had dinner on a 62' steel boat 'Sonata' with an 18' beam.  This boat had the very latest in marine technology and even had a piano and a pot belly stove in the main salon. The Sonata will stay here all winter.We are having some halibut processed that we caught on the way here and will leave tomorrow for more fishing.  Jerry is out on the end of the dock catching bait.  Yes, catching bait.  Herring.  They are about 9 inches long and the halibut love them.  Hopefully, we will catch more fish to ship home. The weather seems to finally be clearing up today after nearly continuous rain for the last week.  There is not much wind so even though the temperatures are in the mid 60s, it is not very cold.  Out trip is coming to a close - we have reservations to leave on the 21st of Sept.