Ketchican

June 10, 2016

Ketchikan, Alaska

Alaska tip # 8: Try one of the smaller ships, they are more intimate.

Duck Boat tour today. This sleepy town produces canned salmon and survives on tourism.  Ketchikan is the gateway to the Misty Fjords. I think this was the stop that Elaine and Patti took a float plane ride. I have sort of lost track of when and what our companions are doing, on which stop. I am doing this by memory, and that can be shaky at best.

RC got a haircut today. He has been growing it for over a year and it finally started to get on his nerves. The salon was not too expensive, but he generously tipped the lovely European hairdresser, for a very good haircut.\.

I won a bracelet at the Jewelry sale this evening. Lucky me!

The MS Noordam holds around 2000 passengers. It is much smaller than ships that I have sailed on before. The crew is predominately Filipino. The crew members are hardworking and polite and less “in your face” than some other crews I’ve encountered. I really liked that. Every evening we were greeted by a towel animal and the room was always spotless. I can’t say I ever saw our cabin Stewart, but never needed to. The crew performed s quaint show tonight, demonstrating their culture through dance and music. It was charming.