The Gilmore Hotel Ketchikan

What a shock; a clear day with no rain for the ferry to Kechikan. The scenery was good&#8212;spruce-covered mountains and water. Saw a couple of Dahl dolphins. <br><br> KETCHIKAN &#8211; August 27-31<br><br> The RV park is about 15 miles from the city on a beautiful cove. We are parked right on the cove with the boat dock in front of us; spectacular view. The ...

... a lot while cruising is really only the start of it. At home you may eat a large meal from time to time, but here it is a four course mail every night. Yes, you can get just part of a meal, and you do at times, but there is always the next meal, and the next. The food is also excellent, and if you get something you don't like, you just ask for something else. <br><br>Eating is the main source of social introduction and ...

... Lumberjack show (I cannot figure out why this is here?).<br><br>We had opted to leave the cruise groups and go on our own with a four hour kayaking tour with Southeast Sea Kayaks to the nearby Orcas cove where there were no houses or people. The sea there was calm like a lake and we got to see a deer, bald eagles, a sea otter, and several red star fish (unfortunately my camera was ...

... there are a few things to do on the cruise, you can attend all types of classes, line dancing, pottery classes, and flower arranging to name a few, none of those really interested me&#8230; so it was a day of scenery&#8230;. And having a early night as we had an early start for Ketchikan

... the show this year so it could have been. As I was looking at the houses I saw mists of water coming out of the ocean and then a whale come up out of the water just a bit. I couldn't believe it! As I continued to watch I actualy saw 3 seperate mists of water so there were 3 whales. All of a sudden you could hear other people shout out as they saw them too. What an amazing part of the United States and how fortunate was ...

... one point, and there were also suspension bridges to walk across in addition to the 10 or so ziplines. A really cool adventure. Mum and dad went on a catamaran cruise of the Misty Fjord in its national forest. Fjords are fairly winding waterways that are left after a glacier recedes. They hoped to see wildlife, but the waterfalls were more prevalent! Mum and dad and I all saw bald eagles on our trips, and we walked through downtown Ketchikan before returning to ...

... up here. The mes to get off one ferry and onto another ferry was a genuine mess. With the Columbia in dry dock we had to take the Kennicot sown to Ketchikan and then unload on to the Columbia. They sent us down to the car deck at 11:30 and we did not make it off the ship until 1pm. So we got off and went out to get some grub for lunch and then headed to Totem Bight State Historical Park north of Ketchikan, only to have to be back by 3:30pm to line ...

... got there rather early in the morning, before most of the shops had even opened, and on a rather grey day. There are a couple big tourist attractions in the Ketchikan area that we toured: 1. Creek Street - raised wooden street that used to be the infamous Red Light district of Ketchikan. Now it houses many many tourist shops. 2. Saxman Totem Village - compact display of 26 totem poles just outside of ...

... not your typical American town This small city contains more totem poles than anywhere in the world, and is set at the base of Deer Mountain. Back in the 1930&#65533;s, Ketchikan was fondly known as the salmon-canning capital of the world. While this may no longer be true, the salmon fishing remains outstanding. Just before the beginning of the 20th century, a series of gold ...

... cruise ships, but it's downtown has a variety of jewelry, t-shirt, and souvenir shops and has a hometown feel to it. It was enjoyable just walking around and looking at the sights. That is... until my ankle began to swell again.<br><br>It was a good thing we attended the shopping presentation on ship yesterday, because we got some great deals on t-shirts and souvenirs. In one store, we saved around $100.<br><br>Now I sit writing this on my balcony, watching life ...