Shadowmeboy's Suntastic 10-Night Alaskan Anniversary Cruise Adventure

[shadowmeboy]

 

Enjoying the peaceful Alaskan sunset

 

 

 

 

 

We headed back to the stateroom to rest our food babies!

[Lupush]

On 10/6/2023 at 1:42 PM, shadowmeboy said:

 

The land behind the Cunard Ship is the Queen Charlotte Islands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practicing with the zoom lens!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally it was time to head back to the stateroom and get changed for pictures and dinner!

What art piece did you buy?  My Wife and I enjoy the Park West auctions very much.

[shadowmeboy]

22 minutes ago, Lupush said:

What art piece did you buy?  My Wife and I enjoy the Park West auctions very much.

we bought several. I have been posting them as part of the review. My favorite is the Tim Yanke we picked up!

[Lupush]

20 hours ago, shadowmeboy said:

we bought several. I have been posting them as part of the review. My favorite is the Tim Yanke we picked up!

Just saw them.  Enjoy!  Thanks for another entertaining review.

[drumming cruisers]

Love Susans dress so pretty. Great pictures of icy strait point. 

[shadowmeboy]

Sorry All! Life has been crazy busy the last few days. I have barely had a few minutes to just sit and relax, yet alone work on the review. 

 

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Day 8 - July 7th, 2023

Ketchikan, Alaska

 

 

Daily

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

I get out to the normal spot, the Great Outdoors. We are sailing south on the east side of Prince of Wales Island.

 

 

 

pano

 

 

Beautiful day! The sun made for very complex picture edits though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could tell we were getting closer to Ketchikan as the number of boats had increased exponentially.

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guard Islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guard Island Lighthouse

 

 

 

 

 

I didn't realize until just now, there are two Eagles perched on the top of the lighthouse.

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting some air coming across the Sun's wake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making the turn into Ward Cove

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

Breakfast #1 to hold us over till we got into town

 

 

 

Look who we found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Outdoors Buffet

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

Port photo

 

 

We got to say hi to a few of the crew from the Encore that were on the boat when we sailed last December.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a size comparison for you. Largest vs Smallest in the fleet

 

 

 

 

Stopping here for now

[shadowmeboy]

 

Heading into the Mill at Ward Cove

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We got on the downtown shuttle. The bus was full of people from the Encore as our fellow shipmates were still having breakfast.

 

 

 

The shuttle drops you off near berth 4 in Ketchikan. Note: Ketchikan has shuttles that you can catch here that take you into downtown.

 

 

We decided to walk off the giant breakfast we were heading to eat!

 

 

Spectacular Day in Ketchikan!

 

 

 

 

 

Note there is a bakery right next to the cannabis shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We finally made it to Pioneer Cafe!

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

Pioneer Cafe is your quintessential greasy spoon! Make sure to get some reindeer sausage! 

 

 

 

Hamburger Steak and eggs

 

 

Biscuits and gravy with a side of Rudolph! 

 

 

 

After breakfast, it was time to walk around Ketchikan some more!

 

 

 

 

We headed over to Creek Street

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its interesting how each camera captures the light differently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pano

 

 

 

After Creek Street, we headed back towards the main part of town.

[drumming cruisers]

Great picture of you and Susan. Love all your photos. 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

We headed to the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

visual representation of the size of Alaska compared to the United States contiguous 48.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a scavenger hunt page the Discovery center has for kids. We borrowed this from a kid to take the picture. What a cool idea!

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These were made by a local school group. They are wire salmon.

 

The Discovery Center costs about $5 per person. If you have a National Parks Interagency Pass, you can use this for your admission to the discovery center.

[shadowmeboy]

 

After the Discovery Center, we hit the tourist shops along the berths.

 

 

 

Ketchikan is a easily walkable city.

 

 

 

Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show is always a fun time. If you haven't done it, do it once.

 

 

 

 

 

We chuckled at this shirt!

 

 

 

 

 

 

No liquid sunshine on this day!

 

 

 

We stopped at a local coffee shop along the road, this mural was on the wall.

 

 

 

 

Susan got a Dirty Chai and I got a Mocha!

[shadowmeboy]

 

Bering Sea Crab Fisherman's Excursion - I highly recommend this excursion! It is awesome!

 

 

 

pano

 

 

 

 

 

We got back on the shuttle to the ship.

 

 

 

 

 

As we were walking down the dock, we notice the Encore was getting ready to depart.

[shadowmeboy]

 

Waiting to throw the lines

 

 

Away she goes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the Encore headed out, we got back onto the Sun. We dropped stuff off at the room and then went to the Great Outdoors for lunch.

[shadowmeboy]

 

Susan got Pho and pizza from where Moderno is at night.

 

 

Drink time!

 

 

I got a burger!

 

 

Susan got a bunless chili dog also

 

 

I made a coke float. Fill a glass with soft serve ice cream from the buffet. then get a glass of coke from the bar with no ice. Pour the coke into the ice cream and enjoy your treat! Your welcome!

[justhappy]

3 minutes ago, shadowmeboy said:

 

Waiting to throw the lines

 

 

Away she goes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the Encore headed out, we got back onto the Sun. We dropped stuff off at the room and then went to the Great Outdoors for lunch.

You’ve given me lots of places to check out next time we are in Ketchikan. On Encore in August we did the Bering Sea Crab Fisherman’s tour and I agree it was excellent.

We hope to be on the Joy in 2025 on a 10 night Alaska sailing where the port stops are much much longer.

[shadowmeboy]

 

It was warm, so we hit the pool!

 

 

After the pool it was time to get ready for pictures and dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

After pictures, it was time for Los Lobos!