Wow! I didn’t realize how far behind I was in my blog! It took me forever and a day to put together a poorly constructed boat tour video (in all fairness, we did the tour videos July 6th, so the 4 days it took for me to do the video edits was nothing). The video link is below.
On the open ocean on the route back to Ketchikan, we discovered that Andrew is unfortunately prone to sea sickness (he got sick whale watching in Norway but shortly thereafter we all got the flu, so I wasn’t sure if he was sea sick or started the flu). We also discovered that all of our upholstered furniture is not good for kids in general, but is especially not great for scrubbing out smelly…..
7/31/24 I have been enjoying finding trails to run to and then doing hikes/jogs on the trails at all of our stops, and I explored the Carlanna Lake Trail in Ketchikan.
It was slightly drizzly, but cleared up later in the day and the kids and I headed out to do a scavenger hunt (Roam app) before Paul met us for dinner. The highlight of the day was watching the resolute spawning salmon (who haven’t eaten and were probably lacking in energy!) in what looked like an impossible quest to run upstream and smacking head-first into the rushing waterfalls. The salmon, most likely pink salmon, return to the same stream where they were born to lay eggs.
8/1/24 The next afternoon, the kids and I went to the Lumberjack show, which was very entertaining, before setting sail. Andrew won the chair the lumberjack was attempting to carve into a bunny (all part of the show).
After one night of anchoring in beautiful Foggy Bay, we made it to Prince Rupert – a cute, clean town full of bright colors and fun character.
8/3/24 Prince Rupert is called the Cow Bay area for a load of cows delivered to the area for the start of a dairy farm in 1908. The shops were cute and colorful, and I enjoyed a delicious latte from Cowpuccinos after finding two trails to run – Rushbrook Trail and McClymont Trail.
Paul successfully changed the oil and shockingly discovered that he does not love fitting in tight spaces:)
8/4/24 We continued to make our way back south and found two beautiful anchorages, Captain’s Cove and Hevenor Inlet. Paul was able to make his comeback and row the Kita! So far his butt is holding up:)
Check out our video tour! Maybe not LA quality video editing, but Paul said it is a lot better than the video tour I did in Victoria, oh so long ago.