We left Pat Lake on Wrangell at 5:00 am. The sky was ovrercast. Drove to the end of the road to get a look at the lake. We drove south and turned off on Nemo Point Road. There were some new campsites here overlooking the water. Only the camp hosts were camping here. Back on McCormack Creek Road (FSR 6265) we took the Overlook Observation Point turnoff and stopped to take pictures The Highbrush Road (FSR 500040) forked and we went ?? but the road was closed. Long Lake. Headed back at Fools Creek. The sun broke through the clouds around 8:00 am. Took the Thom Creek Road (FSR 6299). There was an unmarked road to the right that was quite steep and bumpy. The tailgate popped open just before we got to the top. Dale walked down the hill to retrieve a few things. Fom the top we had a view ofThom Lake.
Around 10:00 am we drove back into town. We stopped at the Chamber of Commerce. Ate breakfast at the Diamond C. We walked up to the Wrangell Museum next to the High School. This museum has moved several times. They are currently looking for funds to build a new building. The museum had lots of Indian and pioneeer artifacts. We went into some of the shops in Wrangell. One store had quite a selection of ivory, jewelry, pottery, books and local artwork. We stopped at a clothing boutique called the Alley Cat hoping to catch Margaret. Pat Neal, a former resident Dale was communicating with via e-mail, had told us Margaret gives tours of the Shakes Island Community House. We were told she was out of town, but another lady by the name of Nora also gives tours. We called but no one was home. 
We decided to walk to Shakes Island to see if she was already there. We got lost walking and drove the truck to the nearby parking lot. A narrow pier takes you to the small island which had several totem poles and the community house on it. There were carvings on the front of the house. Part of the carvings was the actual front door which was pretty small.for a grown person to walk through. They only give tours by appointment and when cruise ships are in town. (This appeared to be the only disadvantage to not having a cruise ship in port while we were there.) They charge $2 a person for groups of at least 10 people or a $20 minimum. A lady with a European accent was complaining about the fee, but we thought it was reasonable. We never found Nora so we just looked around the outside. We continued south a little ways and stopped at a cemetery on the right side, there was also one on the left side of the road. This cemetery appeared to be mostly for military men and thier families. Behind the cemetery was a basefall field and behind that was another older cemetery in an overgrown forest. 
Most of the stones had been overturned and were hard to read. The latest burial appeared to be 1915. It appeared to be an old Indian cemetery. One cement grave stone had a frog on it. Nearby was a city park where you could camp for no charge. There were picnic shelters and few grave stones surrounded by short fences here. The ocean was just across the road.
We finally found the Shoemaker Park Recreation Area. We missed it last night because it looked more like a RV park, than a campsite. Across the road was the trailhead for the Rainbow Falls Trail. We decided to take this mile long trail. There were lots and lots of steps on this trail through a rainforest. There were three viewpoints for the falls. The last one had the poorest view. 
We could have continued another two and a half miles, but decided to turn around as it was already 2:00 pm. We drove back into town. We stopped at a place called Our Collections near Petroglyph Beach, which is someone's garage full of stuff they have collected. No one appeared to be home. So we ate an early dinner at the Waterfront Grill at the Stinkine Inn where we ate last night. We got a seat near the window looking out at the dock. A large yacht was tied to the dock. 
After eating we stopped at Our Collections again, but no one was there. We drove around town and took showers at a laundry mat. Then we went to the City Park and set up our tents. The park was a pretty noisy early in the evening because cars full of yound kids liked to drive through this horseshoe shaped parking lot near the ocean pretty fast. I think they were 'cruising.' But as it got later it was pretty quiet.. Jacob played on the rocky beach and went over to the baseball field to practice pitching. We had no problem falling asleep knowing we had a busy day tomorrow with two ferries to catch.