Wrangell, AK & Anan Bear Observatory

We spent 4 nights at Wrangell at Alaska Waters RV Park. And went on 2 tours with them. The first was to the Anan Bear Observatory. Neat place. Decks etc set up at small rapids in a salmon creek, where you can watch the bears, eagles and salmon work things out. We saw lots of black bears up pretty close, one that climbed a tree next to the deck was only about 10 feet away. (We had to stay out from under the tree to keep from getting peed on!) The rest of the bears were 20 or more feet away. Saw lots of salmon. Both mature (black & white) and juvenile (mottled brown & gray) bald eagles. Bald eagles don't get their characteristic white head until 3-5 years old. We spent hours there watching the bears and eagles fish; we loved it.
The other trip was a jet boat trip up the Stikine River. Beautiful wilderness area. At one point the channel was completely blocked with icebergs from a nearby glacier. We also saw river otters.
We had fun hanging our at the Stikine Inn, where we had a good meal or two, checked email, and had good lattes. We also ate at a local cafe where we were the only tourists. Annabel and Mollie enjoyed going on walkabouts, and pretty much covered the whole town!