Our last port of call was Ketchikan. I had enjoyed each stop so far, but had been particularly looking forward to Ketchikan.
Ketchikan is a quaint old city, set on the side of a mountain in the Misty Fjords, and is known as the "Salmon Capital of the World."
As we disembarked, I could tell by the stained glass "flags" along the marina that I was going to like this place.
It did not disappoint. The flowers in Ketchikan were bountiful and just beautiful.
We meandered through a tunnel and the borough's streets as we made our way to Creek Street, which is infamous for its former life as the "red light district".
The brothels situated over the creek now house a variety of antique and souvenir shops.
Ketchikan is also home to the world's largest collection of standing totem poles.
In the early afternoon, we made our way to join our last excursion, a flight-seeing trip on a sea plane. Ron had been looking forward to this, but with some nervousness as he tends to get motion sickness fairly easily. But, neither of us had any trouble at all with it and this was his favorite excursion.
We boarded planes at Taquan Air
and took off for a aerial tour of the city, the surrounding Tongass National Forest and mountains.
It was so neat to glide through the air so close to the snow-capped mountain tops.
There were lakes of water and lakes of ice.
Soon, we arrived at our destination, George Inlet Lodge.
There, we were warmly welcomed and served a wonderful all-you-can eat meal of fresh dungeness crab. It was SOOOO delicious!
Cracking the crab was a challenge for me, so Ron helped me out.
Our excursion concluded with a bus ride back to the ship, with full tummies and lots of memories.
and took off for a aerial tour of the city, the surrounding Tongass National Forest and mountains.
This picture shows a pair of shipwrecked boats. We were told that after the first ship wrecked, the owner sent out another ship to replace it. Unfortunately, it wrecked in almost the exact same place.
We saw several Dall sheep grazing on the sides of mountains.
There were lakes of water and lakes of ice.
There was amazing, natural beauty as far as our eyes could see.
Soon, we arrived at our destination, George Inlet Lodge.
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