Ketchikan

We spent Saturday, August 15 (Jordan's 27th birthday!) at sea. We just cruised (haha, pun intended) around on the ship and went to the casino.

When we woke up Sunday morning, we were in Ketchikan. Our first excursion was to go on one of the Deadliest Catch boats. The one we went on, Aleutian Ballard, had been retrofitted with stadium style seating. We boarded and took our seats and headed out to open water. They had a crab pot (cage) that they "catch" crabs and other fish and starfish in. I mean, they really do bring it in like they do on the show, we just aren't in the Bering Sea...in JANUARY!! Anyway, they brought the crab pot up and there were quite a few Alaskan King Crabs in it as well as other sea creatures. There was lots of hands-on, so we were holding, touching, photographing all of the animals. We then went near an island where some bald eagles live. The crew feeds the eagles and we watch as they swoop down to feed. It was really cool watching such regal animals in their natural habitat (even tho they were being fed). We saw a few whales while we were out, also. There was a fishing boat that we watched bring in a net full of herring (I think it was herring). It was a really good excursion. Jim took some awesome pictures that I will post. After we got back to the dock, we went back on the ship and just hung out until dinner time.