For the first time in 5 years Ketchikan had beautiful weather for the 4th of July weekend! On Friday, we had a long day of work (6 ships in). Afterwards, Kim and I took a big blanket down to the docks and soaked up some rays. We then received a call from some friends asking us to go camping. "Sure, that sounds great!" We ran home, grabbed our sleeping bags and tent and jumped in the car for the ride out to South Point Higgins beach. We set up camp in the woods and sat out on the beach by our bonfire. A large group of people down the beach from us had bought a few thousand dollars worth of fireworks and were setting them off over the water. It was quite a show! I went to bed pretty early and woke up to the sound of the ocean. I really love camping out at that beach. We headed back into town and I met up with Paul to go on a Misty Fjiords float plane ride. We took a bus out to Taquan and were escorted out to our plane. It was a 2 hour ride through the fjiords and it was breath taking. I sat in the very back and had great views out both sides of the plane. We flew so close to the mountains it seemed like you could reach out and touch them. While we didn't see any bears, we did see lots of mountain goats. I giggled the whole time, because it was so beautiful I had to do more than just smile. I'm ready to go again and again. Afterwards we went to a party at a friend's house who lives on the water. We had a great view of the fireworks which were shot off from a barge on the water. The past 2 years the fireworks were cancelled because the weather was so bad, so we were very fortunate to have a sunny and warm day!
Today work was very low key. I finished before lunch time and wandered around creek street. I then went to the library and ran into my friend, Martin. We walked north of town to Carlanna Lake. It was so warm outside so we went swimming in the lake. The water was so refreshing, although when I got out of the water I had about 10 leeches on my feet and ankles... I just walked the few miles home and cooked some fresh salmon for dinner.
What a great weekend...
Some views of Misty Fjiords:
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