Sunday 9/11 - Ketchikan

Ketchikan, AK is known as the rainfall capital of the world. Couldn't prove it by us, as it was bright and sunny with a high of around 65 as we made our way to the Misty Fjords national monument in a deHaviland Beaver seaplane. We soared just over the tops of the mountains, around the sides of cliffs and zoomed down to treetop level to see bear, goats, sheep and a decided lack of humans and their accoutrements. We stopped in one of the seemingly hundreds of pristine mountain lakes so everyone could get (if the wished) to walk out on the plane's pontoons to see the beauty and hear the silence.

It was a glorious day, nature at it's finest. And nature wasn't through, yet. After dinner we were treated to a vibrant, colorful display of the Aurora Borealis. It has been a great trip!