Tuesday July 1st
2014
Wednesday July 2nd
2014
Juneau, AK –
Prince Rupert, BC (Alaska ferry)
5:45 pm – 3:30 am (Thursday)
Again, long wait to board the ferry. J. called her
family. We were both exhausted. We did not want to do anything.
Finally on the ferry. We found the place in one of the seating areas
where we could sleep. Reading. Some food. Walking around the boat.
Showers – felt good. J. stayed up till 9 o'clock. I went to sleep
shortly after that. We were really tired. The day was over. ### The
sleep on the floor was not the greatest but it was still better than
car. The ferry stopped at Kake, it was at 1:00 am. Unfortunately
there were two announcements about the stop. I woke up. J. apparently
also woke up to some baby noises. Other than that it was fine night
(as good as it get on the floor). The whole trip is a bit over 33
hours on the boat called M/V Taku. The ferry stopped along the way:
Kake, Petersberg, Wrangel, Ketchikan. And our stop: Prince Rupert,
British Columbia. I was up around six o'clock and saw the ferry dock
in Petersberg. Small fishing town. Small fish jumping all over the
place. Bald eagles flying all over the place as well. Again, ever
changing weather. Very narrow part of the passage – one could
almost touch the land. Also, many lonely houses in strangest places.
One area of few houses was basically surrounded by flying bald
eagles, there were two small white dogs running along the walkway and
barking. Apparently eagles were not hungry or they do not like small
dogs. We had enough food to sustain us on the boat. Watching the
scenery. Reading. Napping. J. did some studying. I wrote this and
tried to write some stuff for the school. So far so good (on the way
to Ketchikan, 2:34 pm). Mixed weather. Sailing and sailing. 5:15 at
Ketchikan. We had more than 2 and ½ hours so we left the ferry.
There was a van offering a ride to downtown for ten dollars a person.
Talking driver – buildings, some history, and places to eat. Town.
Small. Two cruise ships in the harbor (directly in downtown).
Ketchikan, town of 13000 people, is visited by about 1000000 tourists
from cruise ships. Strange. We walked around a bit. Somewhat strange
place, stores closing, few people, ships leaving. Creek, hills, and
fog. Really beautiful landscape. Rain. We got french fries and it was
time to drive back to the ferry. Interesting. There was some work
done on the boat so we there was about 45 minutes delay. We were both
tired and had enough so we went to sleep. At 2:30 am there was an
announcement that the ferry is approaching Prince Rupert. It was
about 4:00 am (time changed) when we drove off the ferry.
