Ashore in Alaska

After a day sailing through the Inside Passage we watched a brilliant dance show called "Jump Jive and Wail" with big band and tremendous dancers and athletes. We saw the sun go down and then went to bed. We woke up to find the port of Ketchican right outside our window and couldn't wait to hit down-town and to take our first walk on Alaskan soil. We caught a tour to the Saxman native village and experienced indiginous culture, carvings and dance. When they asked for volunteers for the final dance - who do you think was first on the stage???? This show was follwed by a walk through the old red light district and then onto the "Old Lumberjack Show" this was huge fun with half the crowd supporting a US team and our half supporting a dumb Canadian team. Boy were they strong and talented and our"dumb" team eventualy won the contest. We ran back to the ship only to join a 2 mile long queue as everyone else left boarding to the last moment