Ketchikan is a small and beautiful town that fishes salmon. It’s a beautiful island. The whole area is a temperate rainforest.
We roamed the town a little before I went sea kayaking with the older 2 kids. Most of the town is built on landfill over the water, which is easier than building on the hills. The main road through town is called “The Road”. The bus that travels this road is naturally called “The Bus”.
Shari took Ada on a duck bus, which meant I could could take the older kids on sea kayaks! Sea Kayaking was awesome. I’ve always liked kayaks, and here we travelled in some gorgeous scenery and saw sea lions, seals, and bald eagles in the wild.
When the guides offered spray skirts to keep us dry, most people refused. The kids thought they would make me look silly, so they demanded they I use one so they could giggle at my expense. By the end, when I was mostly dry and both kids were wet and cold, they wished they had one too. Silliness wins again.