Our ferry stopped in both Juneau and Ketchikan on its way down the coast. We had about 3 hours to explore each city. In Juneau we walked to a beach not far from the ferry dock. We watched porpoises swim in the water. It was so cool to see these animals move through the water. We counted at least 6 of them. They were pretty close to the shore. Husband estimates that some were as close as 25 feet from the shore. I will defer to his distance judgement, as mine is non-existent.
As we left Juneau, we had an incredible view of Mendenhall Glacier.
The next day we stopped in Ketchikan. I was excited for this stop because I knew there would be many totem poles in the city. I love totem poles. I think they are a very unique way to tell history. We spent our time reading about the totems poles and visiting the stores in the area.
One of the pros for taking the ferry was being able to stop in Juneau and Ketchikan, especially since we didn't make it to either city while we were living in Fairbanks. Travel in Alaska can be difficult because a number of cities and areas are only accessible by plane or boat. There are still a couple of cities on our list that we didn't get to visit (I'm looking at you Nome and Sitka) but we were happy to be able to cross two more off of our list. Who knows, maybe we will make a trip back to visit and finish off our list.
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