Dave here - It was raining constantly in Ketchikan so I elected to do something undercover and thus the Lumberjack show. I had never seen one so here was my chance. The seats were under a roof but the action took place in the open air in front. My photos pretty well tell the story. There were lots of corny jokes by the MC. The jacks were college age males in good shape. Lots of chopping, axe throwing, log climbing and log rolling in water. Glad I went but I won't need to go again. Nor would I ever need to return to Ketchikan.
Lisa - Up for breakfast buffet. Mass at 8. Maureen and I did a shore excursion to Eagle Island. Since we were anchored, we had to take the tender ashore. It was a 7 minute ride in rough water. Got to the dock and boarded a bus to take us. We were provided a paddle and life jacket and a dry bag. We opted to not have the spray skirt. Maureen was in the back and had rudder controls. We went along the left shore life and a guide pointed out starfish. We paddled across to Eagle Island and saw an eagle's nest. There were beautiful mountains in the distance and slowly they were becoming obscured by the rain. The rain kept getting closer and we were getting wet. Wish we had the spray skirt! We paddled 2.3 miles total with rests for people to catch up. Coming back across it was windy and rainy but Mo did a good job keeping us pointed in the right direction. One of the guides picked up a starfish and said we could name it and then relocate it. Mo thought Patrick would be a good name for him. We took him for a little paddle and she then put him back into the water. Got back to dock and it was a little chilly due to the rain and wind but we did just fine. Bus ride back to the city center and met up with Joan, Larry and Ron. Dave went back to the ship.
Dave went to the lumber jack show and was able to get off the ship by tender. Ron, Larry and Joan were going to use the tender but the weather was rough and at 2:30 the ship was going to come to the dock so they had to wait a while before coming ashore.
When going ashore, the tender holds 150 people and we only had 84 on board. Glad it wasn't any more. Did some shopping in the rain and walked along Creek Street and saw some salmon trying to swim upstream. There was also a salmon ladder where we could watch them trying to maneuver in there. Seeing that in person you can understand how they knock themselves out by hitting the concrete. In the wild, they jump right into bear's waiting mouths.
All aboard is 6:30 pm and went to the Crow's Nest for drinks and around 7 the ship left the port and we begin out journey to Vancouver.
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