A misty afternoon in Ketchikan

We spent quite a bit of time at the Discovery Center, but by the time we left it had begun to drizzle, and it stayed that way the remainder of the day. We walked around a bit just for exercise, but found ourselves back on the ship for a late lunch and never did leave the ship again the rest of the day.

My favorite Princess menu item (ciappino- seafood stew) was a lunch choice in the buffet, and it was perfect after a chilly morning in port.

Afterwards, we headed back to our cabin for a restful afternoon, trying to stay warm. We were on the water side of the ship today, and so had a view of the float planes constantly taking off and landing and the Sapphire Princess and Norwegian Jewel sailing away.

I could not stand a steady diet of this sort of weather. All the thoughts we'd had last week about perhaps staying a few weeks in Alaska on a land trip quickly faded. I need the sun!

Photos 1 and 2: from the Discovery Center. The petroglyph in photo 2 proves that man inhabited the southeastern Alaska area at least 10,000 years ago.

Photo 3: look how gray the day became! We stayed cozy and dry in our cabin with a front row view to all the cruise ship, fishing boat and floatplane traffic on the water.