Day 10

On Day 10, Friday, 6/3/11, we sailed into Ketchikan. Since we were there for only 5 hours, we didn’t have much time to do much. JW and DJ’s first order of business was to find a post office to mail some things home that were not needed any more – like some shoes, clothes, coats and some souvenirs. Each of us filled a USPS Priority Flat Rate box full of stuff. The problem was that one of the boxes needed packing tape to seal it shut. The Post Office only sold rolls of tape for about $10 and 1000 feet. We only needed four feet so we had to find a store that carried packing tape. After looking in several tourist shops, we finally found a small roll in a drug store. What we did discover about Ketchikan was that every other store in Ketchikan was a jewelry store.

We all did have time to see a Lumberjack show. It was amazing to see what people could do in the “olden days” without the use of electric power tools.