Here is our ship from the dock.
Our room is on the top deck of balcony rooms immediately above the man. The thing sticking out is the bridge - we could look right in when we wanted to.
Our first stop was a little museum called the Totom Heritage Center where they have preserved dozens of original totom poles and provide information on their meaning. Each pole tells a story and they are very similar to Greek mythology in the stories they tell.
We went from there out of town a few miles to the Potlatch Park where a man has recreated a native village that also explains totoms and also explains the Potlatch ceremony. People gave a potlatch to show people how wealthy they were. You invited everyone from all around and essentially gave away all you had - all your wealth - so they would know how generous you were.
Towards the end of the day Mom sat down and had a guest visitor come by.
After Ketichan we took off into the sea and ended up in a rough sea and the ship was rolling all over the place. We went to a stage show in the evening and I was amazed that the lady who was the guest singer could just stand there without swaying and sing her heart out. None of the guests could walk a straight line and most could hardly stand up.
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