August 27, 2012
Cruise Day 7
Glacier Bay was fabulous bright sunny day with blue skies. 400 miles south in Ketchikan was grey with drizzle. We had no tours planned for Ketchikan. Good thing, the ship didn't put in at a dock -- The Sapphire Princess beat us to the dock, we had to anchor out in the bay and shuttle to and from town. Since we do not do the "wait in line" thing, we had a leisure breakfast.
As you arrive at town you see a 20' tall sign bragging their weather -- an average of 12'6" rainfall with a record of 16'10". Gardena gets an average of 13.5 inches, and '04-'05 set a new record, about 3 feet! Most of the roofs have moss growing -- some with moss over six inches tall.
Today is our last stop in Alaska so today is shopping day. Naturally, there is another Harley-Davidson Motorcycle store in town. This time we went in, asked, and no, they do not have a dealer with motorcycles and service, just Harley Davidson stuff like mugs and hats and shirts. The closest dealer is actually in Juneau.
We walked about, heard about a Totem Heritage Museum, found, interesting. There are only new Totems.... totems rot and only last 50-100 years. We walked over 3 miles. Went to the Fish Pirate's Saloon -- decent good. Picked up a Fish Pirate shirt for Amanda, a flask for me, a Ulu and chopping block for me, a very chic shirt for Wendy, a Moose made from wood from the Mojave, etc..
