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Paul and Hether's Alaska Cruise - June 2008
Page 5 - Seaplane to Misty
Fiords National Monument, Victoria BC
▼ In Ketchikan, we boarded a
seaplane for flightseeing tour of the Misty Fjords National Monument. There were
bigger turbine powered seaplanes available, but we wanted to experience the
classic DeHavilland Beaver.
▼ Paul is happy to be in the
copilot seat for the flight.
▼ Outskirts of Ketchikan
below.
▼ The
Misty Fjords have many shear granite walls, carved by glaciers.
▼ Another Beaver from
the same charter company flies below us.
▼ Our plane landed in
one of the fjords and everyone got out onto the seaplane's float.
▼ After a few minutes
of enjoying the beauty and stillness, we took off again. Waterfalls are
everywhere.
▼ It's hard to see in
the photo, but the dark speck in the middle is a bear. We saw a couple of them
from the seaplane.
▼ On the way back, we
buzzed the Infinity.
▼ The last port of
call was Victoria, BC. This was a short stay on the last night. We suspect that
the real purpose for stopping at Victoria is to comply with the
Jones Act.
▼ The Victoria Inner Harbor,
with the Empress Hotel in the background, is about a 20 minute walk from the
ship. We docked back in Seattle early the next morning.
I hope you enjoyed our Alaskan cruise photos; come back
again.
Paul & Hether
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