Ketchikan,July 21st/2011

Day 5 of our cruise,

Today we are in Ketchikan and believe it or not it is sunny again today. This place gets many feet of rain a year, yes feet and yet every time we have come here it has been sunny. They tell us it just poured yesterday. The streets still had puddles but the sun was shining brightly. There were 4 large ships in port again. The streets and the stores were teaming with shoppers.

After breakfast we went into town and we did some shopping. We bought wind jackets that we can use in South America with layers. We got a new ice cream scoop and a chowder mix as well. I bought an Omega as well. It is reversible with yellow gold on one side and white gold on the other.We also got a Northern Lights pendant to go with it.

  We returned to the ship in time for lunch and we ate in the lobby bar again. This is a great way to avoid all of the goodies at the buffet.

After lunch Ken and I went out on deck 18 to get some sun. It was so quiet up there it was as if we had our very own private yacht. I only stayed about 20 minutes and then I went down to the Explorers Longue. They were showing the movie “The King’s Speech”. I had not seen it and this was a great opportunity. I loved it.

We got ready for dinner and Ken called and had a visit with Jennie.

We enjoyed dinner with Jim and Pat and Jack and Jennifer. We made a date to meet at the Wake Bar for a drink around nine. We planned to get our pictures chosen and purchased but the one from last night was not there so we will wait for tomorrow.

We went back to the stateroom to wait till time to head out. We watched TV and finished working on the Blog .Our luggage tags and disembarkation arrangements arrived. We leave the ship at 9:10. I sent mail to Kerri telling her what our times are.

We met Jack and Jennifer and enjoyed a drink at the Wake Bar. This is a very noisy place because of being below Club Fusion, and you really can’t see the wake of the ship because the port holes are too high. We were the only ones there which proves  that it is not really the best place for a quiet drink. The bartender was from Australia so we took advantage to ask a few questions about travelling there. I ended up getting a second drink again. I guess there is a Sea Breeze and an Ocean Breeze one is blue and one is not.

After this very nice visit we called it a night and headed back to our room.

Tomorrow is a sea day and we will have to pack L.