Alaska cruise - Ketchikan

Time for another walkabout in Alaska - we really enjoyed being able to debark and go climb a mountain.  Deer Mountain, in this case.  Just a small taste of Alaska, giving us ideas for a return visit someday.

On our walk through town toward the trailhead... aaaaahhhh!

Salmon spawning!  We caught a quick glimpse on the way out of town, wow, that's a lot of fish (and that ain't the half of it):

It was rainy and apparently dark in the trees (the camera seemed to think it was darker than it really was):

And cloudy and windy - here's the "view" as we climbed:

We hadn't seen rain in so many months, these several days in Alaska were quite a novelty for us:

Trust me, we reached the top:

The start of clearer skies during our descent:

We can actually see the town of Ketchikan now:

A bit more scenery, yep, it was a good morning for a hike after all:

Time to take a closer look at those fish:

All down the creek there was a giant mass of fish working their way upstream:

Pretty crazy:

There was a lot of flopping around and jostling for position - glad we got to see this!

A totem pole in town:

Salmon art, and also, I'm quite impressed that so many fish had already made it UP these rapids:

I'm guessing fishing boats:

Time to go get clean and dry again:

The afternoon views from the ship were lovely:

Deer Mountain!

Sadly, leaving our final Alaskan port:

With Sunny, our Star Trek friend - see you in January!