This is the Main Street of Ketchikan which is the fourth largest city in Alaska - yes about a thousand jewellery shops. I am over gift shops, all the same stuff. How many t shirts does anyone need? There were 7 cruise ships (Coral Princess moored in the middle of the Bay and passengers brought ashore by tender) so maybe stuff was sold. Interestingly Joan and I tried on a fur-trimmed wrap at Chateau Lake Louise back in Canada and decided it was too expensive at CAN$294. Joan found the same thing in Ketchikan for US$500. Too late.
David had pre-booked a fishing trip here and joined his boat, really pleased to discover only 4 fishers per boat. It was a new fast boat, powered by a 225 hp motor: they went out 20 miles, anchored in 220 feet of water and in 2 hours he caught a beautiful big halibut. It took 5 minutes to reel it up from the depths. He gave it to Jeb in the check shirt who handed it over to the processors on the wharf: they fillet, freeze and FedEx fish to your address - for US$150. Expensive fish and chips!
The lady had her fish caught by her husband but she did reel it in.
No-one was seasick.
Nice fish! Did you eat it?
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