We finally reach Alaska!!!

One week after our journey began we waited with anticipation for the ferry, Taku, that would take us to our first Alaskan stop, Ketchikan. It all began with a very early morning wait in Prince Rupert. We took our place in line at about 8:30pm to wait for the ferry's departure at 5:30am the next day.

Here, John and Tony wait outside the vehicles for entry to the ferry Taku

We were able to sleep inside our trailers until 1:30am, when we were awakened to continue the process for ferry entry.

Here, we await instructions to drive onto the ferry

I'm really happy to be aboard our first of many ferry boats!

From the ferry's Observation lounge, we had a spectacular view of the harbor at night!

We were able to have breakfast in the cafeteria, which was made to order and very good! Then we got a little added sleep in the darkened Sleeping Lounge, which had reclined chairs.

On deck, shortly after sunrise. It was really windy but beautiful!!

Our first glimpse of Ketchikan was really exciting!! What a beautiful city!!

We set up camp at Settler's Cove about 18 miles outside of town and then found a really nice little cafe with fantastic food, down by a little fishing marina where we had fantastic food! The guys enjoyed hamburgers, Alyce had a fish taco and I had Halibut and sweet potato fries. Wonderful!

Alyce, John and Maggie down by the Marina

We took a walk by the beach at our campground, Settler's Cove. Here we are...our little trio.

This is a state campground and it is really well maintained. There is a path to a beautiful waterfall.

This was just the perfect little spot for us all! Don't we look cozy all nestled among the trees?

We still had crab from Prince Rupert, cooked but still in the shell. Tony removed the meat from the shells so that John could make crab cakes, I made a green salad with the addition of veggies from Alyce. The meal was amazing!! John didn't even use a recipe!!! He's a wonderful cook!!

Tony removing the crab meat under Izzie's watchful eye...

We were treated to an amazing sunset from a spot on the beach!

Here's John watching the sun go down.

It just kept changing and getting more beautiful by each minute!

We were amazed that there was still light in the sky when we finally went to bed at 11:00pm. Alaska is truly a beautiful and amazing place!! We are so happy to be here!