This our first stop since we left Seattle. Julia hadnt slept well so she was out on her own when I got up. I got ready and got off the boat. Here is where I met up with Becca (we met her on the first day) and her roommate. Everyone else in our group was doing excursions.
The town of Ketchican is super cute. The downtown area is quaint but completely supported by tourism. In fact, many of the tourist shops close down during the winter months. The town has about 3,000 people in the summer – about 1,400 during the winter (I should point out, these numbers change depending upon who you talk to). The cruise ships can bring up to 14,000 additional people during the port days.
Becca and I wandered around town checking out all the little shops. We found a little tram that takes you up to the top of a small mountain about the town. there is a restaurant and hotel at the top, along with a gift shop. After we checked out the top we ended up meeting up with some other cruise mates.
We all grouped together and continued to follow the elevated walk around town over the stream. We made it to the salmon ladder and I texted Julia to see if she wanted to join us for lunch. I ended up leaving the group to go back and get Julia at the ship. The two of us added Gina to our group and walked back to the larger group so we could all go get lunch together. We found a seafood place to sit and eat and chat. Of course I had to get crab legs – because when in ALASKA!!
We ate lunch and then continued to shop on our way back to the boat. Some of us just went back to the ship to hang out and the rest of us had to keep shopping – because we are tourists afterall!!
I decided to go get my cousin a Harley Davidson poker chip. He collects them from all the places he has been – but I feel like a little baby HD store in a little bitty town deserves a chip!
There was a card game meet up so Julia and Becky (who we met last night and I went to play. We played with about 5 people – playing UNO and SkipBo.
We headed from cards to a scavenger hunt. I was separated from all my friends – but man did I have a good time! We ended up winning! I love scavenger hunts!!
After the scavenger hunt we went to this Gen-O meet-up. Gen-O is what Olivia calls anyone under 40. It was just a get to know you meet-up – but we met some cool new people. There arent as many Gen-O ladies as over 40s – but everyone here is just so welcoming it doesnt even matter!!
Our group at this point became: Jess, Julia, Becky, and myself. We all went to this “fashion show” for Haute Butch – a female owned butch clothing company. We all left after the fashion show and went to play cards while we waited for dinner.
The rest of our group ended up meeting up with use for dinner (Julie, Becca, Lori, and Gina). After our usual dinner laughs some of us headed to karaoke – it was funny – but nothing really to write home about. Following karaoke – it was bedtime!
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