Airship | Ketchikan to Foggy Bay

Evidence of the landslide that happened last August 2024, killing one person and damaging several homes © Laura Domela

We left Ketchikan yesterday morning after deciding we'd rather wait out this upcoming low pressure system (35kt winds and rain) at anchor in a pretty place with a view of trees and water, rather than at the dock in Ketchikan with a view of a very poorly maintained wooden boat (containing several dogs barking for most of the day) and a half sunk dinghy.

We shopped and got enough produce to last until we cross into B.C., we had a nice dinner out at Bush Pilots Lounge, and we grabbed a few packages we had shipped to Frontier Shipping, so we're all set for a bit!

We cruised south to the Petro Marine fuel dock (about 3.5nm from the boat harbor) only to learn they'd had a power outage and we couldn't get fuel there, so we had to backtrack and go to the Petro Marine dock north of the boat harbor, where we filled the tanks on Airship with diesel, filled the dinghy gas jugs with gasoline, and refilled the one propane canister that we'd emptied. An extra hour or so for the detour, but not a big deal.

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