Ketchikan is known as the "Salmon Capital of the World." Too bad Kevin and I don't eat seafood!
For our offshore excursion in Ketchikan, we got on a bus and headed along a very bumpy road to the start off our Adventure Kart Expedition. We got all decked out in the gear that they provide to keep you somewhat clean and safe and then we headed off to explore (via go-kart) a remote, back country road that took us along the scenic shoreline of George Inlet.
Doesn't Kev look so hot in his jumpsuit?
Kevin kept us somewhat safe as we drove to our destination, Glacier-carved Mahoney Basin... which was surrounded with gorgeous cliffs, forests, and waterfalls. The weather was perfect, very different than what the locals said is typical weather- we had sunlight, moderately clean skies, and no rain.
We stopped to take a few pictures of the scenery as we drove.
We climbed up some rocks to enjoy the views...
and pose for a few pictures
The whole gang
The second part of the drive took us down to a beautiful river where we got to have a snack (goldfish crackers and water always seem to just hit the spot when you're hungry...which is rare on a cruise) and wait for the go-kart people to come bring a go-kart that wasn't broken to one of our group members.
While we waited, we took more pictures. I love this picture of Kevin with his siblings and mom.
After we finished the ride and cleaned off all the dirt from our faces (Kevin looked like he had gotten really tan his face was so dirty), we boarded a customed-designed jet boat to take us around George Inlet and back to town.
The jet-boat was much bigger and more comfortable than I expected, and the tour guides gave us really good hot cocoa once we got going... the highlight of the trip for me!
We saw a bunch of bald eagles while we drove back to town.
We also hung out on the top of the boat to enjoy the views... the wind was pretty crazy though, so you had to hold on really tightly.
After we got back to town, we did some exploring.
Ketchikan is known for having the world's largest collection of standing totem poles... so of course we had to go and find them in town!
Kevin and I had fun making our own human totem pole.
We also discovered the Chief Johnson totem... which the Johnsons were excited about.
We ended the trip with some souvenir shopping and a trip to the post office to mail postcards (I sent Andrew one from each port city... which he loved!). I collect magnets, so I got one from each port city, and we also were on a quest to find the best husky dog stuffed animal for Andrew... we were not successful in Ketchikan though.
After some shopping, we boarded the ship again and headed off to our next port... the capital city of Alaska... Juneau!
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