Beautiful morning, skies have cleared and we have
sunshine! However we could not leave early because the tide is ultra low, so we
hung out and had a leisurely morning sitting outside in the sun waiting for the
tide to come in. Finally around 11AM John deemed it safe to exit Vixen and we
made our way outside and on down to Ketchikan. Wind was blowing pretty good
when we got here and not in a favorable direction for docking. We had a tight
spot and the wind pushing us off the dock, so a bit of a hairy situation but
John and our crew soon got us secured. Who should we see upon landing? Karen
and Roger Orth from our yacht club! They were on “Sinbad” about a 90’ boat with
5 crew and 2 or 3 couples. They are just beginning their trek through Alaska
and will be back down in September. So great to see them. So far we have yet to
experience the rainy Ketchikan days as it’s been beautiful every time we’ve
been here. John, Beth and Marc walked uptown for a quick tour while I went to
find WiFi in our rental car. We had dinner at Bar Harbor restaurant, and
afterwards drove out to the fish hatchery at Herring Creek, about 9 miles south
of town. We saw a lot of eagles and one black bear that came right under the
bridge near us feeding on salmon carcasses that a fisherman dumped off the
bridge.
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