Ketchikan, Alaska and Crabs
Woke up this morning docked in Ketchikan, which is in the extreme south east of Alaska. This first pic is what we saw when we woke up. Now we are four hours behind the east coast.
After breakfast, we headed out into town and walked around a bit and picked up a bunch of free shwag. This tiny little town was very cute and is the fourth largest in Alaska!
Around 10:00 we boarded the Aleutian Ballad, from the first season of the Deadliest Catch in the Discovery channel. This is the boat that that huge rogue wave hit in the footage they always show.
What an amazing experience! Truly awe inspiring! A beautiful sunny day with great scenery, stories, and wildlife. We saw a bunch of bald eagles soaring majestically and eating herring we threw in the water. We also saw a humpback whale blowing water all over the place and some seals.
While on the boat, we pulled up line or pots that had a ratfish, a bunch of king crab, ophelio crab, and box crabs, a huge wolf eel, and a giant Pacific octopus. Very cool to see and hold. Super interesting and engaging crew with lots of great stories who really make it fun.
After boarding the Millennium again, we shipped off to Juneau. Jane went for her facial and I took an hour and half nap. It’s hot today too...Jane actually wore her bikini by the pool…in Alaska!
Went to a magic show before dinner. Not terrible, but pretty corny humor and effects. They did have light sabers though!
Dinner was cod fritters, veal consommé, sirloin steak for Jane and a small antipasto, corn soup with chorizo, and roasted Alaskan Halibut with a tarragon cream sauce…very nice. We split some banana walnut cake thing that wasn’t very good and a chocolate truffle torte with fuitine that was good.
Helicopter and dogsleds tomorrow!
Woke up this morning docked in Ketchikan, which is in the extreme south east of Alaska. This first pic is what we saw when we woke up. Now we are four hours behind the east coast.
After breakfast, we headed out into town and walked around a bit and picked up a bunch of free shwag. This tiny little town was very cute and is the fourth largest in Alaska!
Around 10:00 we boarded the Aleutian Ballad, from the first season of the Deadliest Catch in the Discovery channel. This is the boat that that huge rogue wave hit in the footage they always show.
What an amazing experience! Truly awe inspiring! A beautiful sunny day with great scenery, stories, and wildlife. We saw a bunch of bald eagles soaring majestically and eating herring we threw in the water. We also saw a humpback whale blowing water all over the place and some seals.
While on the boat, we pulled up line or pots that had a ratfish, a bunch of king crab, ophelio crab, and box crabs, a huge wolf eel, and a giant Pacific octopus. Very cool to see and hold. Super interesting and engaging crew with lots of great stories who really make it fun.
After boarding the Millennium again, we shipped off to Juneau. Jane went for her facial and I took an hour and half nap. It’s hot today too...Jane actually wore her bikini by the pool…in Alaska!
Went to a magic show before dinner. Not terrible, but pretty corny humor and effects. They did have light sabers though!
Dinner was cod fritters, veal consommé, sirloin steak for Jane and a small antipasto, corn soup with chorizo, and roasted Alaskan Halibut with a tarragon cream sauce…very nice. We split some banana walnut cake thing that wasn’t very good and a chocolate truffle torte with fuitine that was good.
Helicopter and dogsleds tomorrow!
Wow!! Sounds like such a cool experience! I would love to do it too! Glad to hear that you guys having a great time and are both enjoying some yummy food!
ReplyDeleteOh I can't wait to hear about the dog sledding. Sounds like you guys are having a wonderful time. Miss you guys!
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