July 23, Sitka, AK

When we got up this morning there were two cruise ships in the harbor. We were glad they weren’t here on Saturday or Sunday. The downtown area, which isn’t too big, was full of people. The locals had a bunch of little stands set up along the sidewalk that weren’t there when we got to town. They must have heard we were coming, J Our ferry left the dock at 1:30 so we had to be in line by 11:30. The ride back to Juneau was uneventful except we did see a couple more whales but not close enough to get a good picture. It’s really neat when they dive and their tail sticks up out of the water but it happens too fast to get a good picture. We are trying to figure out what to do tomorrow in Juneau, which will be our last day in Alaska. Wednesday we board the ferry again for a 2 day cruise to Prince Rupert, British Columbia.