First stop was the James and Elsie Nolan Center which was a museum featuring the chronological history of Wrangell and the Stikine River.
It featured not only native culture but information about the fur trade, military presence, the gold rushes and mining, schools and churches, fishing and logging and even Hollywood's involvement.
On the way to the museum we left Steven to join us after a hair cut. He doesn't take as long to walk around a museum as we do. A couple of days later we noticed they had cut the back in more of a u-shape design - interesting.
Steven then walked up Mount Dewey and we walked along the waters edge to the Petroglyph Beach.
They don't really know how long they have been here and not 100% sure who carved them either.
Perhaps the early Stikine Tlingits?
We met Steven who had come down the mountain as we came back from the beach. Time for more laundry. We put a load on, had lunch and left Steven to deal with the drying while we caught the hotel courtesy bus out to Rainbow Falls Trail with some others.
Just a short hike of a mile long up and down many stairs....
We finally reached a beautiful waterfall.
If you went a bit further up this was your reward...
......and the other view - Dawn was sensible and stayed and enjoyed the first view for longer keeping Peggy, one of the other ladies company - always have to be on bear alert and stick together.
Funny that... going back was down and up and down and up and oh.. my knees!
Both on the way up and back we spotted the smallest 'mouse'-type creature. I put my hand nearby so as to give some perspective.
Can't get enough of the picturesque scenery.
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