Day 6 - Cruise

On Wednesday we were in Ketchikan. This day we did have a tour set up, so we had to actually wake up, eat, and leave the ship by 8:15 or so. The kids have been wanting to take the Duck tour in Seattle for a long time, but we haven't been willing to pay the price. So we decided to surprise them with a trip. Ketchikan is the first stops for the ships that used to go north. It's a pretty town, and our good friend, Janice Montrey comes from there (her son Lucas is Kyler's friend)! So we took a 9am tour. It was fun and good to do. We drove around town first, learning about the history, and then got to go into the water to see the canneries and other waterfront buildings. We again had beautiful upper 70s weather.

When we got back from the tour we explored around some more. I had some letterbox clues I wanted to try to find. We headed out to find the first one, and while we were looking, someone gave us 4 tickets to a tram that we didn't even know about. We tried to find the first letterbox, but it wasn't there. So we used the tram tickets, which took us up to where the 2nd clue was. It would have been a long uphill hike otherwise! It was a nice view too.

Luckily the letterbox was there! I was excited!

We went back down the hill, and spent some time shopping and looking in art galleries again. There is a river with tons of salmon in it, which was fun to watch. We pushed Kipp's comfort level and got back in the last 1/2 hr before the ship was supposed to leave, around 1:10 (the ship was leaving at 1:30). We were hungry, so off to the Lido deck to eat lunch and swim for the rest of the afternoon. The ship had a long sailing time now, from Ketchikan to Victoria BC late the next day.

When Kyler ran into our room he got a surprise!

The dinner again was formal. It was fun to get dressed up, and the food was delicious. Kyler went to Kids club, and Ilea joined us for the last show, which was Broadway Love songs. It was fun. The costumes were great, and the singing and dancing was pretty good. We wandered around a bit, and finally went to bed.