we're gonna have a good time tonight good morning from Ketchikan Alaska
I'm Stephen she's Andie and we've got some weather today
today we stop at Ketchikan the last port of our Alaska cruise we get soaked hiking in the rain
forest learn about totem poles and then check out downtown Ketchikan and historic Creek Street
all right Ketchikan bring it on we're ready for you we don't even care if we don't look cute
I think we look awesome definitely a GoPro day for shooting not gonna risk our good cameras for this
weather but we come prepared all conditions we got it covered we started the day with a shore
excursion we booked through the cruise a very rainy rainforest hike so the Tongass National
Forest is the world's largest deciduous rainforest and uh well we're definitely getting the rain
part of that today we're about to take a tour through the forest we're gonna hike about a mile
and then we're also gonna go to an eagle sanctuary and check out some totem poles
so in this forest there are black bear gray wolves eagles we'd be stoked if
we see any of those things that's a bear cub claw mark from when they were either
just scratching their claws on the tree or climbing up it
we decided literally the day before we flew out to get waterproof boots I am so glad we did it
what a good call do not come to Alaska without them
kind of reminds me of the sequoias
beautiful so we learned that these totem poles are all carved from a single tree
it is a solid length of wood these are not items stacked one on top of each other
it's really amazing craftsmanship unfortunately we didn't get to
actually see someone at work but we did see a totem pole in progress inside the sawmill
we learned that totem poles serve purposes such as telling stories or marking territory
but they're not religious which is why Native Americans are able to share them with us so freely
that rainforest tour was awesome but I'm a little bit bummed because the group that went just ahead
of us actually saw a bear I really wanted to see a bear now we're in the heart of Ketchikan
and we're gonna explore here for a couple hours before we have to get back on the ship
we don't normally buy souvenirs when we travel anymore but we found a cool
gallery where we picked up a small print by a nearby Canadian artist
and we got some items to take home to Mom and Dad for watching the dogs
we also briefly considered another purchase I think
we found your souvenir we're gonna have a good time tonight
Alaska Coffee
okay Alaska Coffee Company so good nice strong coffee here Stephen he is very judgmental of
coffee and hates a weak brew and he's loving his we also got a maple covered custard-filled donut
there it was warm delicious I gotta tell you it's warm and fresh oh my gosh so good
especially after being on the ship almost all week now and I gotta say the baked goods on
the ship are not great everything is really dry so it was nice to get a good warm fresh pastry
behind me you'll see Dolly's which is a museum now but it once was a very famous brothel
much like in Skagway brothels were very abundant back in the day
the law here at the time was that these brothels couldn't be built on land
so to skirt that they built them on these stilts out over the creek
where's Stephen what where'd he go oh okay good just making sure
okay finally time for lunch we can't leave the state without trying some Alaska crab legs
okay so after seeing the prices for king crab legs we decided we can leave the state
without trying them but we're still gonna get some other delicious seafood while we're here
I don't know if you can see but my hair is just clumped with wet I need a comb so bad
anyhow we are inside we finally sat down to start ordering lunch and I think it took us about 30
minutes practically to take off okay that's an exaggeration it took us about five minutes maybe
to get all the layers off of us the ponchos our jackets our backpacks our gear
and we're soaked we're absolutely soaked up to the shoulders practically down our legs I think the
only part of either one of us that's still dry are our feet next trip we get waterproof suits from
head to toe waterproof onesies that's gonna be the way to go next time we come to a place like this
well guys this is our last day in Alaska oh so hard to believe but this has been such
an amazing trip we got to see and do so much and we didn't see bears but man we had a great whale
experience in Juneau if you didn't see that you should go back and watch it it was a blast
anyway thank you so much for watching we really appreciate you coming on this amazing adventure
with us and we cannot wait to take you on the next one stay tuned see you next time!