Mj's Place Ketchikan

... only an eagle in a tree. Yesterday the pilot saw a bear with two cubs—we always seem to go the day after they see all the wildlife. The flight back was pretty much the same—we did go by the pinnacle island that is shown in all the pictures. There weren’t any impressive waterfalls. There was a lot of turbulence, but the day was unusually ...

<br><br><br>Today is Tuesday, July 14, 2009. I had to check the calendar to be sure. All the days are running together and we are having a hard time remembering what day of the week it is. Today is a day at sea. <br><br> <br>Saturday we were in Skagway and did an exciting tour. We went to a beautiful ...

... cedar trees. A guide explained to us the significance of the different animals and symbols on the totems. <br><br>From there it was time to head back to the ship, and it wouldn&#8217;t be fair if I only told you the stories about Jon (like him being seasick!). We were heading back about a half an hour before we needed to be back on the ship. We came through security and when we got back to the room I ...

... 7:00 AM. It was a great anchorage, quiet and protected from the winds (thanks Brian and Linda for suggesting it). We went up Queen Charlotte Strait and again there was no wind so we passed our planned anchorage and went to Queen Charlotte Sound. That was probably not a good decision because the wind did come up and we had a couple hours of kind of rough seas. But, we made it to Fury Cove where we anchored in 40 ft of water. <br><br ...

... for a summer job to Alaska and never left. She said it's the best job in the world and we could quickly tell how much she loves what she does. The experience was surreal. <br><br>It seemed like there was no way what we were seeing was real. It was dramatic, gorgeous and quite difficult to put into words. We flew into Misty Fjords National Monument, which is a 2.3 million acre landscape carved by massive glaciers ...

Warning: This is a long drawn out story. You have been warned! Today, we sailed in to Ketchikan. It looked beautiful from the ship, and I posted the pictures I took. We did not really spend time in the town because we had planned to go wetsuit diving. Yes, diving in Alaska. And not the only time, I am hoping to do a dry suit certification while in Sitka next week. We should have just scrapped the whole diving idea from the second we landed in Ketchikan. I ...

... says a 61-year-old man isn't still a boy at heart! I'm thinking that tomorrow morning I'm going to feel muscles that I never knew I had. It was an awesome experience, and they had the best weather they had had all summer. We finished the day up with some power shopping, of course, then crashed in our stateroom on the ship for a well-deserved nap. Tonight ...

... finger is still really sore and well the knee hasn't go a break yet but I will hang in there and keep taking my advil and I will survive. On the upside I am posting a picture of me by the rail of the ship at see, look at the hand and here is my advice. "Live long, and prosper, and travel lots" Sorry Spock I modified it some. Tomorrow, Johnstone Strait and the Queen Charlotte region of the Inside Passage. Ahhhhhh, To be home again if only for a brief bit.

... deck. Although the rain held off until we were safely on board, it soon started once again to rain. The trip took us past eagles, sailboats, lighthouses and finally into the Ketchikan harbor. The seas were for the most part calm and the ride smooth. We enjoyed lunch on the ferry just before arriving in Ketchikan. Fortunately we were able to disembark forward from the ship and were soon heading up to our campground. We are staying at the far ...

... your own once you get to shore because they can't guarantee getting back on the ship if the tour takes too long or gets delayed along the way. So we just walked around and checked out a few souvenir shops trying to flog off cheap ****. Ketchikan is a town which was on the way for all the prospectors heading too and from the Yukon when the gold rush was on all those years ...