Ketchikan, Alaska

We made it to Ketchikan - a small community in SE Alaska - just north of Annette Island and the southernmost town in Alaska in our journey. This is where we say goodbye to Alaska for a while, anyway and welcome back the Lower 48 into our life. The trip overnight was more eventful than we were aware - somewhere between Petersberg (our first stop overnight) and Wrangell, the bow thruster on the ferry went out - so we got the assistance of a tug boat as we came into Ketchikan harbor. That was pretty cool, especially when the tug is right outside our stateroom window! We watched the tug get tied off to the boat and push us up against the pilings - one more unique experience for the chart! The family is still holding up fairly well and we are enjoying making meals in our room, walking around the boat and taking in the SE AK scenery - what a place! I can't wait to come back and experience it all for myself, at my own pace someday. Well, we are off to the grocer to get some more food for the long 1.5 days left until Bellingham, WA - our destination port. God Bless you all! - David