Bar Harbor Marina, Ketchikan
The last couple of days we have been doing some chores as well as playing tourist.
We walked into the town area centered around the cruise ships are which there are 3 currently docked. There is a nice new looking promenade area with benches and all sorts of passengers. They are either going fishing or on float plane trips to the Misty Fjords or kayaking or shopping. Across the street is lined with either souvenir shops or jewelry stores. This is not exactly what comes to mind when you hear "Alaskan Gold Rush", but people are rushing and someone is making some gold.
Nearby is a small amphitheater for the Lumberjack Show. All I could think about was the lumberjack song from Monty Python. The show is advertised to present tree climbing, log rolling and axe throwing (not catching). There was quite a line of cruise ship passengers so we passed.
We walked along Creek Street which is a series of building connected by boardwalks along a salmon spawning creek that runs to a hatchery on the hill behind. Creek Street was once the red-light district of Ketchikan. Now it is mixed residential and commercial with lots of little shops and eateries. We saw the salmon jumping up the falls. You could rent poles at the hot dog stand and try your luck at catching one. There was also a bridge at one end and some young men were jumping off into the creek.
Closeby Creek Street, we found a native art store and bought a carved paddle with a painting of an eagle on it done by a local Tsinglit artist.
Yesterday we did our provisioning. There is a Safeway near the marina and they let you use the shopping carts to take your groceries to the boat. This is great since we had two carts worth. The Safeway also has a liquor store so Rich was able to get some Mount Gay rum.
The last couple of days that weather has been in the 70's but today it is raining hard so we will pass on the walk. So we do a few chores and read. We plan to head back to Prince Rupert over the next two days.
This is as far north as we are going to go.
No worries,
SV Windarra
Fly-fishing can be a challenging sport. It certainly is more complicated than simply putting a worm on the hook, casting it out and waiting for the gentle nudge of the fishing line.
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