We spent an extra day in Prince Rupert in the rain waiting for the 12 foot seas to calm down. When we crossed Chatham Sound on the 9th it was totally calm and we arrived in Ketchikan 8 hours later. We took on 700 gallons of fuel and moored in a harbour at the north end of town which is predominately fishing boats and far away from the cruise ship area. It’s a busy harbour and fun to watch all the fishermen working on their boats and coming and going. David loves it. There are eagles everywhere and late afternoons and evenings they’re chattering like mad. They perch atop the masts of the boats in the harbour, often three or four of them nearby.

We spent time in a little bay north of here where we found a deserted house on the beach that our Captain just had to explore. Mike and Jack flew out yesterday heading home to Boston and it seems very quiet and dull now. Our friends Tom & Carolyn arrive tomorrow and we’ll head to the east side of Behm Canal to the Misty Fjords for a night. Then we’ll head back north on our way to Wrangell.