Exploring Ketchikan in the sunshine!
Yesterday, our first port day, was wonderful. Ketchikan on a mostly-sunny day is so beautiful – and those sunny days are so unusual.
By 05:30 when I arrived in the Oceanview Cafe on Deck 10 aft of the Celebrity Infinity, the cleaning crews were already hard at work. The ship is spotless (as every ship we’ve been on has been).
This was the view at 05:30.
As much as I love sunshine, clouds add a lot to the character of this coast. This was shot at 06:10.
The multi-level viewing area on Decks 10 and 11 at the front of the Infinity is a great place to be on port approaches. That’s Ketchikan ahead, at 06:50.
Downtown Ketchikan from the top of the highest “building” in town.
Deck 10 aft.
Ready to do some exploring 🙂
The “Duck” tour seems to be popular – it’s “Alaska’s only amphibious duck boat tour.”
A nice slow-paced clip-clop tour of downtown Ketchikan.
A look at Ketchikan Creek – further down is the very popular Creek Street shopping area.
There were 4 ships docked – the Sapphire Princess, the Radiance of the Seas, the Infinity and the Zuiderdam. Despite that, there weren’t very many people on the streets and excursions of all types had few bookings. While the ships are clearly not full, the low prices of these early sailings also attract a different type of clientele – people who just don’t spend much money in port, and may not even get off the ship.
Looking down on Deck 10, and the Zuiderdam.
Cape Fox Lodge, with a car going up the funicular from Creek Street to the lodge.
I had a tough time-slot for my first program yesterday, half an hour before we sailed. This is a time that most people want to be on deck, but about 120 people showed up so I was very pleased. As you can see, sailaway after my program was over was gorgeous – this is Southeast Alaska at its finest!
One of the many quiet spots on the Infinity where you can just sit and watch the world go by. This is on Deck 4.
This morning, near the mouth of Endicott Arm south of Juneau at 05:25. There were a few humpback whales and dolphins to watch (as usual in this area), but other than me and a couple of other folks from CruiseCritic, the viewing areas were pretty much empty.
What a way to start the day off. As I’m writing this at 08:00, there`s another humpback whale fairly close to the ship right in front of me 🙂 We’ll be docking in Juneau in about 2 hours from now…
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