Ketchikan

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When I woke up and looked out a little after 6am, the skies were clear with a rosy glow and I could see a long way. By the time we got to breakfast and nearing Ketchikan we were inside a cloud with almost zero visibility. Originally rain was forecast but the newest predictions this morning were for no rain. I didn't believe and wore raingear thus guaranteeing a bright sunny day. It was one of the warmest days all summer per locals and a rare rainfree day. They said they'd had 45 inches of rain this summer. They said the salmon spawn started about a week and a half ago. We saw thousands!

We walked a self-guided tour that I had printed from online, but we picked up a better copy at the Visitor's Info center.There were 3 ships in town today. We were the last to arrive and the last to leave. It was divided into 2 walks. We first did the one in the old town since it was closest to our dock. It was also the more interesting and scenic and accurate one. We stopped for a break at New York Cafe where we had a chicken kabob lunch with salad, pita and hummus for $15 that we shared. It was delicious. Clay had a 4 beer flight for $8 and he hated all of them. We walked until it was time for our Duck Tour at 1:55pm. Ketchikan is the 4th largest city in Alaska!

We have a 6:30pm dinner reservation tonight at Polo. I will post this now as I am hopeful that dinner will not be comment worthy.

We had a mandatory disembarkation form due back by noon tomorrow for San Francisco! I don't understand short cruises! This was after embarkation day, sea day 1 and first port stop and they want you to get ready to get off.

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