Ferry Photos part 3 arrival in Ketchikan!

Okay so the last morning of our trip for some reason Kelly and I both woke up really early, like 4:30/5am. We went out on the deck and were talking to other people on the ferry. Some were getting off in Ketchikan and many were going farther up the narrows through Juneau and stopping in Haines, Alaska. Honestly I really enjoyed the company on the trip being on a boat like that you just start talking to people to pass your time more. We met all kinds of interesting people, we probably will never see any of them again but it was still nice to get to know them.

About 6am I noticed that in the distance you could see signs of life....something we hadn't really seen much of other then the pilot house in the last ferry post. Sure enough it was Ketchikan. I was really excited since this was my first real view of it other then a picture off the 'net. Honestly there are tons of pics on the internet if you google it but they really don't show the actual city or surounding area. They seem to focus on one tiny part of the city. Here is the first sight I noticed of Ketchikan. Do you see the white cruise ship in the left of the picture? They are there every day from April until the last day in September up to 7 a day!

View of the south end of town from the ferry

About 15 minutes before we tied to the ferry dock. Honestly the picture makes it look a lot bigger then it is there are only about 7 streets going up from the coast and the streets go straight up!
Of course I don't live in the city I live outside of the city and this is my beautiful view....I know you've seen it before but I really like it.

And this is the house itself again.

In the last post someone asked me if I would take the ferry again. The answer is a resounding YES! I loved it actualy. The ferry is cheaper then taking a plane although it is of course a lot longer since flying is only a few hours but where else do you get to see all that scenery? It changes all the time, with the seasons and storms and just with time. I loved seeing it all and I never tire of seeing whales and eagles, etc.

Of course where we are now I get to see that almost everyday. Yesterday I was watching 2 seals playing in the water just outside my house in the water. Today a pod of Killer Wales swam by blowing and diving. Sunday I watched the eagle in the tree next to my house drop her eaglet into the water near the beach to learn how to fly. It was awesome to see. Especially the concern she had for him. She was above in the tree but with her "eagle eye" zeroed in on him the whole time. I got a few pictures I will share. They could be better and if they are larger you can see him better but I'm not sure if blogger will let you do that, sometimes it doesn't work.

He did this alot standing on the rock with his wings open but took a long time before he tried to fly and at first only flew a few feet at a time.

In this picture he doesn't look so much like and eagle but apparently it takes awhile for them to get their "bald" heads like the eagle in the picture below this one.