New Crew & Artistry in Meyers Chuck

On Monday, June 3, our crew size doubled as our friends Lora and Scott joined us from Cincinnati. They will be traveling with us from Ketchikan to Juneau.

Scott & Lora in our tender in Meyers Chuck.

Before leaving Ketchikan, Roland took them both to the Tongass store near the marina where they purchased obligatory "Alaskan Sneakers" ... which are brown XtraTuf boots that are seen on everyone in Alaska. For good reason, they are both comfortable and practical.

We left Bar Harbor marina in Ketchikan Tuesday morning and not surprisingly, it was rainy, foggy and soupy weather.

Meyers Chuck shoreline.

We don't plan on repeating many of the same anchorages from our Alaskan adventures from 3 years ago, but Meyers Chuck was one of our favorite anchorages, and a convenient stopping point after leaving Ketchikan. So after leaving Ketchikan around 9:45 in the morning, we dropped anchor in Meyers Chuck around 2:15 that afternoon.

Our view across the bay at dusk.

The next morning, we all boarded the tender and headed to shore to explore.

Now you have to understand, this is a community that has a population of about 4 people in the winter, swelling to maybe 20 in the summer.

We ran into one lone person during our walk around, and that was Steve, a lovely old salt who we met at the docks. He and his wife, who also is the post mistress, live full-time in Meyers Chuck.

A floatplane making the weekly mail delivery lands right next to us in Meyers Chuck.

When she is not handling the weekly mail delivery on Wednesday, she makes what we've heard are hot, delicious sticky buns to order for boaters visiting.

Playful artistic touches like this spider web dot the path and homes that line the shoreline. 

Unfortunately, we missed that ... the morning we were exploring the shoreline the mail plane arrived, buzzing past Engelenbak in the bay.

Despite being a beautiful anchorage, the real charm of Meyers Chuck can't be seen from the water. It's what lies behind the trees, following a an enchanting fern-lined pathway along the shoreline that snakes behind and in between the homes dotting the shore.

Where else, in a community with so few people and no electricity, would you find an art gallery!?! And public art! We noted more than a few art studios, and simple artistic expressions that blended seamlessly with the natural beauty of the shoreline.