Alaska Cruise - day six - Ketchikan

Ah, another Alaskan shop 'til you drop massive tourism town. The town was a little bigger and a little busier than the previous two towns, but there wasn't a whole lot to do except for shopping. The streets were lined with jewelry stores and souvenir shops, so after an hour of wandering around we decided we would prefer relaxing on the viewing deck of the boat. From the viewing deck, we watched a bald eagle fly by and land on the roof of a house nearby. We also watched the crew on the next cruise ship over participate in emergency water raft maneuvers in their outdoor pool. We stayed at our perch while our boat left the docks in hopes of seeing whales. We saw some porpoise, but finally gave up on seeing whales. While we were in the middle of the boat, we heard people talking about the hundreds of whales swimming right by! We ran out to the deck to see, and caught a glimpse of the end of the pod swimming by...mostly just tails and fins, but still very cool.