It's always nice to have the ship almost to yourself in a port where most everybody gets off and you don't. We had a nice lateish breakfast, then I spent some time in a comfy chair watching the unending procession of small seaplanes taking off as you can see here. Most were probably sightseeing flights, but some headed off in other directions and were probably scheduled flights to other areas.
There are two other ships in port with us: the Star Princess and Silversea's Silver Dawn. None of the three is too gigantic, but together there are enough tourists to completely clutter up the waterfront.
After lunch with Jim, Marcy and Matthew, I took a few photos of the town/city from the ship. You can tell instantly that it is a cruise port. The main difference between the port area here and some Caribbean island is the sign that says "Welcome to Ketchikan." Well...and the low grey cloud cover sitting on the mountains which is a standard feature of a port in the farther northern areas.
This afternoon Connie and I both splurged on haircuts and pedicures in the spa on board. Of course neither one of us looked like ourselves until we could get back to our cabin and reorganize things by taking our own brushes to the hairdos. But it was a nice indulgence and a pleasant way to spend much of the afternoon.
The cruise director on my last cruise signed off every announcement by warbling "toodle-oo for now" which rapidly got irksome. The cruise director on this one signs off with "see you out and about." That is marginally better, but mostly because he doesn't warble.
As usual, everybody on board has been seeing whales except me. So far my record for being on the wrong side of the ship when a whale is spotted is intact.
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