Day Seven in Alaska

Picture #1 - Our ship in dock at Ketchikan, Alaska
This was our last port on our cruise. Before taking our afternoon tour we had a chance to wander around town and get a picture of our docked ship. It was nice to be located this time steps from downtown. This also gave us a chance to put our sweaters etc back on board. The day warmed up quite nicely.

Picture #2 - Totem poles & Long House at the Saxman Native Village
These are only a few of the totem poles in the Saxman Native Village, but it is a good shot of the Long House where we watched a number of native dances. Many of the performers were children. Each clan has their own symbol emblazoned on the back of their robes. Sort of like clans of bikers do!

Picture #3 - Master Wood Carver watching us watching him do nothing!
We were looking forward to watching a master carver work. Instead he only watched us while the tour guide explained the woodworking shop to us. To hire this older gentleman to carve you a totem pole would cost between three and five thousand dollars per foot of totem pole! Maybe we didn't pay enough on the tour to even witness him at work. Might have cost too much!

Picture #4 - Picture of carver's tools since he wasn't carving!
Since the master carver wouldn't carve and the tour guide was getting boring we looked around at the shop. Made for some interesting pictures anyway!

Picture #5 - Lumberjacks at Lumberjack Show in Ketchikan
The lumberjacks were entertaining as well as highly skilled in numerous "events". They are actual competitors in "lumberjack competitions". The show was both fascinating to watch and humerus!

Picture #6 - Creek Street in Ketchikan
The famous red light district of former Ketchikan! Now the places of business for the "red light girls" have been turned into tourist shops. Miss Dolly and her girls had shut down shop (the first green house on the right) for the afternoon so we couldn't even explore the famous recreated whore house of Ketchikan!

Picture #7 - View of the Town of Ketchikan from our ship
The evening's weather was gorgeously sunny and warm so we could enjoy our verandah views watching float planes come in and take some good pictures of the town itself!