UPDATE: This is the second of two blogs I’ve written tonight.
Goodness, who ever invented 4:15am ferry departure times???? We were all up in the dark packing our backpacks and getting ready to drive onto the ferry. Our trip through US customs was uneventful for both of us and all of a sudden we were on board. Ms. Emmi was a trooper—she had to remain inside the truck camper but we think she slept the six hour trip away! Skies were gloomy and there was a light mist falling but when we arrived in Ketchikan, the weather gods smiled upon us giving us one of Ketchikan’s rare sunny days.
Ketchikan gets 154 inches of rain per year, it’s been raining all day and as I type this blog it is still pouring!!!—for us to have had a sunny day was nothing short of a miracle!!
We found a place to park finally and had a bite of lunch before taking off on a walking tour—lots of totem poles and fish—yep, everywhere you look there are salmon swimming upstream getting ready to spawn or dead after spawning. We saw this cute sign on the side of a building:
After our parking lot camping experience and ferry ride, we were all tee totally exhausted Saturday night—our campsite in Last Chance USFS campground was awesome, creek side, dark and quiet—we all slept very, very well!
Today we took a boat excursion to Misty Fjord National Monument—as it was raining it was a perfect way to spend most of the day. More on that awesome trip in the next blog! Tonight we are not street camping but rather parking lot camping, Larry and Geri are in lane 3 ready to board the ferry at 2am and we are in lane 2—more tomorrow I hope, our Millenicom internet has not worked well up until tonight. Our Straight Talk phone does not work at all in Alaska!
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How exciting to see where you land next. Nice picture of you & the Cowboy, if he was holding Ms. Emmi it would be perfect. Safe sailing. Becki
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ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how you made it through the day without a nap. Good thing you kept an eye on your guys with Dolly and Annie waiting for them.
ReplyDelete2:30 AM to catch a boat? Definitely don't want to have too much wine the evening before. Well remember our visit to Ketchikan back in 08. A clerk told Wanda her work day was from thirty minutes before the first cruise ship arrived, until thirty minutes after the last one departed. We loved walking all the back streets built over the streams.
ReplyDeleteThat ferry ride looks very chilly but the sunny skies waiting for you in Ketchikan were wonderful! I imagine this time of year there are not many days without a cruise ship nearby. Those early mornings are brutal - hope there aren't too many more of them :-). Perfect shot of you two.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to follow along. We were in those areas several years ago and your photos and stories bring back nice memories.
ReplyDeleteAwesome photo of you and the Cowboy! You are having so much fun and I am loving your photos. Keeping Larry from getting arrested must be a full-time job...just kidding!
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