TUESDAY July 24th, 2007

We arrived in Ketchikan today on the M/V Matanuska. This ferry was nicer than the Kennicot we traveled to Juneau on, but it seemed to vibrate enough to shake the walls continuously and make it a bit hard to sleep.

Ketchikan is a dump. Not sure the attraction for all the cruise ships. Misty Fjords NP is here, but that is not enough to attract them and there are not enough t-shirt shops for everyone here.

One local on the ferry did tell us where to do some bear watching and we did see several black bears try, unsuccessfully, to catch some salmon.

Tomorrow we board the ferry for Bellingham, WA scheduled to arrive Friday morning 7/27. We will not have Internet access between now and then.