Today is Ketchikan. Basically had nothing planned for the day. Had kept looking at some bear watching trips, but had a tough time swallowing the prices that they asked for them. Ended up just getting off the ship and wandering through some of the shopping in town. Most of it looks just like the same shopping you get anywhere else in cruise ports quite frankly. Also wandered our way up Creek Street, to a spot just under a road bridge, where you could see the salmon trying to work their way upstream. Farther down in the calm and clear areas of the stream, you could just see hundreds of them slowly swimming up stream.
The port day in Ketchikan is relatively short, and so we sailed early. Later in the day we went through I think Snow Passage, which is apparently a good spot to see some whales. Sure enough, several humpback whales were hanging out in the area, so we got a chance to see some from the ship.
Even later that night I was watching the Golden Princess pass us heading south, and also saw yet another whale. So up to this point, have done pretty well spotting whales.