First stop was a lumberjack show for half of the family. Sara and I weren’t feeling that adventure as we both needed to find some last min souvenirs, and I had seen a lumberjack show several, several years ago up in Wisconsin, so I was set. We made our way around the town, taking in the sights of several totem poles scattered around, as well as the famous creek street. This is stretch of town located along a small river, with small shops and buildings built up around it on a boardwalk.
Later in the morning, the girls wanted to shop, while I felt like doing some walking around the town. Like all the other ports....I had seen the same trinkets, and wanted to get a feel of what else was in walking distance. So Sara's dad and myself took off to explore what else was close-by. We hiked up a to the top of a hill, but only found a small hotel/resort. It was about 3 small buildings and overlooked the town. Next we walked back down the hill along the paved road (go figure) and over to the fish hatchery. But that required money to enter, and it didn't look that impressive from the outside. So we turned around and headed back. Although the mini adventure wasn't filled with excitement and daring adventure, it was still a nice break from the shopping.
When we arrived in the morning a heavy fog had settled on the town, covering the mountain tops and casting an eerie background for the fishing boats heading out to fish.
4 hours later the fog had risen and we were able to getter idea of the surroundings before heading back out to sea ourselves. We are just thankful it wasn’t like this everyday.
We were back on the boat, and ready to eat some food as we prepared for an afternoon of who knows what, as we were now faced with another full day of sailing. See, we were leaving Ketchikan at noon on Thursday and not scheduled to arrive at our next port, Victoria B.C., until 7 pm the next day. So we had 31 hours of sailing to look forward too. Of course we needed to enjoy the last few bits while we could, as after we leave Victoria, they would be kicking us off the boat the next morning.
After a lazy afternoon of attempting to play shuffleboard one last time, we attended our second, and last, dress up formal night. I realized then I was going to miss these times. Sitting down at a table, ordering 5-6 different courses, not having to lift a finger, and then walking out when you done without ever laying a finger on your wallet. Now we technically already paid for the food when we signed up for the cruise, but its more fun to believe that you are just that special that you don’t need to pay for anything.
The evening ended with watching Bill and Sally try their hands at Seinfeld and Movie Poster trivia. Both did well, but were each 2 answers away from domination. Sounds like some practice is in order for next time. The topper before bed was a campaign waterfall to help celebrate one of the last evenings on the ship. I was impressed to see a tower of 100+ campaign glasses…..but soon was disappointed when they only filled about an 1/8 of the tower with 6 bottles of campaign. O well, it was still fun to watch, and we got free drinks out of the deal so it was tough to complain.
For all your Deadliest Catch fans....on our way out of Ketchikan, I was able to find the Rollo. They also were offering executions to go aboard The Aluetian Ballad for a demonstration, but that sold out quickly as you can imagine. For those who aren't fans of the show, you can go here to learn more about The Deadliest Catch.
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