This is Icy Strait Point. This is like one of those ports in the Carabeen as it is a cruise line owned port, built, maintained and staff by the cruise line.
We arrived at 6:45am; however, we did not get off the ship
until 9:00am and walked into this little made for ships port. It was just a bunch of overpriced gift shops
and some restaurants. In addition, it
was the area where you boarded busses and boats for tours.
We instead went to the back of the compound and took a $5
shuttle to the little native town call Hoonah, a little town of 800
people. It was a wonderful choice as we
walked around the town, stopped into local shops run by locals and just had
fun. Basically, the town was about 4
blocks one way, up a little hill and then 4 blocks the other way.
We stopped at one gift shop run by a 7th
generation native and spent quite a bit of time hearing him with stories of his
past. Most of the people here are a combination
of native Indian and Scandinavian counties, like Norway, Sweden and Finland. This person we talked had the eyes of Ed –
blue eyes and was very light skinned!
We ate a halibut lunch that was good and then on the way
back to the ship found a place that was sell crab dinners, so we had that
also!! Barb wanted fresh caught crab
and this was the place.
As is our custom, when we got back on the boat we went to a
little café and had tea and snacks and listened to music.
Again, our normal routine then is.
1.
Dinner
2.
The show which was a cast production number
called “Boogie Nights” and it was very good.
3.
The casino where Barb broke event and Ed won a little
Tomorrow is our last stop and it will be at Ketchikan
Night
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