We are in the little community of Petersburg today sitting among the fisherman again. As you can see from the photo below not all boats have tender loving care! The one in the photo has moss growing all over it! Some of the boats you truly wonder how they float. There are over 800 commercial fisherman here in a town of about 3500. Since it's Sunday, not much is open but we did walk around to get a feel for the town and it has a rich Norwegian heritage so I feel right at home! The founder, Peter Buschmann, built the first cannery and sawmill here in the late 1880s. If he winds aren't too strong tomorrow we will head off again into the hinterlands and probably won't have internet again until Juneau.
Many of the houses and stores have this wonderful rosemaling and Norwegian flags are everywhere.
Love the rosemaling! So pretty!
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