{"id":4150,"date":"2024-09-18T19:37:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2024-09-18T19:42:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T23:42:21","slug":"cruise-to-alaska-day-5-september-3-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=4150","title":{"rendered":"Cruise to Alaska, Day 5 \u2014 September 3, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today we were going to Ketchikan, a town in southern Alaska at the entrance to the Inside Passage. Our excursion began at 7:30 AM and we were told to arrive early. The International Cafe is open on the ship 24\/7, so \u00a0we stopped there for a quick breakfast. We discovered that many of the other passengers had early excursions, too, \u00a0and were already on line there.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dawn had a maternal cousin named Cindy, with whom she was very close, who drove an excursion bus in Alaska. We thought of Cindy as we boarded our bus and met Andy, our driver. Our tour was called Highlights of Ketchikan,<\/em> and we found \u00a0the scenery and Andy’s explanations to be enlightening.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>We saw many highlights. We stopped to hear a local Native woman, Twila Sivertsen, tell us about the wildlife in the area. We learned that there are five different kinds of salmon, and we were offered samples. We then visited Saxman’s Totem Park<\/em>, which contains at least two dozen totem poles, some of which were original and others that has been restored. We learned that totem poles show symbolic and stylized human and animal forms that typically represent family ancestry. There is a totem dedicated to Seward, the Secretary of State under Lincoln who purchased Alaska from Russia, and one to Lincoln himself. One of us \u00a0lost track of time while photographing the totem poles, but Dawn \u00a0brought him back to the bus.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Next we stopped to see some locals who were salmon fishing. Several types of birds including eagles were circling above, hoping for samples. Then it was back to the town, where we walked among the \u00a0colorful buildings and saw some \u00a0salmon swimming.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We were getting hungry. We found \u00a0an eatery called Crab and Go<\/em> that had outdoor seating.The four of us ordered different crab items from the menu, and we exchanged tastes.<\/p>\n

Back on the ship, three of us sat on our balconies, enjoying the scenery and reading our books, while one of us napped. We had a great view \u00a0then and later during dinner, too. Unfortunately, I had been fighting a cold all day, and by dinner time, the cold was winning. \u00a0I took the cold meds I had brought along, and I went right to sleep, while Nick, Dawn and Bunny went to the show at the theater. I was asleep when Nick returned to our stateroom. He woke me up and insisted that I had to accompany him to the late performance \u00a0because it was not \u00a0to be missed. He was right. It had a circus theme, and \u00a0the technological aspects of the performance added so much to an already wonderful show. We loved it!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Today we were going to Ketchikan, a town in southern Alaska at the entrance to the Inside Passage. Our excursion began at 7:30 AM and we were told to arrive early. The International Cafe is open on the ship 24\/7, so \u00a0we stopped there for a quick breakfast. We discovered that many of the other … Continue reading Cruise to Alaska, Day 5 \u2014 September 3, 2024<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaska-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4150"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4186,"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4150\/revisions\/4186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}