Alaska Cruise- Day 6

This morning we woke up to being at the dock of Ketchikan. It was raining and the cloud cover was low. We had traveled 277 miles from the Tracy Arm Fjord. We were only in Ketchiken till noon so the kids went and did sea kayaking in the rain. They said they had a great time and saw lots of things like eagles, whales, jellyfish and sea stars.

Cindy, Nancy and myself took Connor and Payton to see the "Lumberjack Show." Even though it was outdoors the stands had a cover over them plus some heaters which made it comfortable.

There were two teams that competed in different events with all the tools of the lumberjacks. There was ax throwing then cutting with a two man saw. The two man saw challenged a chain saw and the two man saw won. There was climbing a tree, cutting with an axe. It was amazing how fast they were. 

 They then had races on logs and of course the
  loggers running on the logs.

 One routine was cutting a figure out of a log but it ended up being a very simple rabbit. When people complained about how simple it was he gave it a "hare cut" and the top fell off. It ended up being a chair and they gave it to Payton. Of course we had to take it on the boat to show Nic and Shannon but then there was no way we could carry it on the plane so all we have is the picture of her rabbit chair.

















We then went over to a small shopping mall to get out of the rain for a while.

We then walked over to Creek Street which is a series of old buildings with a stream running down the center. Originally it was a red light district.

 We walked around town and saw several totem poles.

 On the way back we walked by the small boat pier and then it was time to get on board to leave.

  

 The rest of the sailing that day was on rather rough and stormy waters. That evening was our second formal dinner.