Ketchikan for Graduation!

Earlier this month we flew down to Ketchikan for a long weekend to celebrate my sister-in-law's high school graduation. After overnighting in Juneau, we got into Ketchikan Saturday morning. It was a slow-cruise ship day, so we had breakfast at Sweet Mermaids - my favorite place to get breakfast in town. After breakfast we went up to the cemetery and visited Andrew's grandparents. We also saw three deer, one of them quite close.

Then we headed up to Andrew's mom for a delicious family lunch and some time looking through old family pictures.

After lunch, we checked into our hotel - a nice place on the water and took a nap. Still full from lunch, we then headed out to A.J.'s (formerly Rose's Caboose) for a snack/dinner with my sisters-in-law. Then we all headed out to Harriet Hunt Lake for a walk.

After Harriet Hunt, we headed down to Sunset Beach and had a blast walking the shores and taking some pictures.

Sunday morning we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed downtown to walk around the shops. We then had a small lunch (crab and brie!) before we headed to graduation. It was a great ceremony - now all three siblings, Andrew's mom, grandfather and great aunt have all graduated from Kayhi! 

After graduation, we dropped the graduate off for her senior cruise and then headed back to the cemetery to lay a few more flowers with some family friends. 

The flowers were so vibrant and plentiful on this trip!

Monday morning we packed up and had one more breakfast at Sweet Mermaids. It was a busy ship-day, with three regular-sized cruise ships in (with a capacity of approximately 2,000 passengers per ship), plus a "PanaMax" ship in - one that goes through the Panama Canal (with a capacity of approximately 4,000 passengers per ship!).

Since the lines were so long for food downtown, we grabbed lunch at The Landing - in a downpour and said goodbye to the family. We then got back on the ferry to the airport and headed home, through Sitka and Juneau. It was a quick, but great trip! 

The view in Sitka from the plane

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