It's about 9:00 AM my time and I just got in from my favorite thing to do on my day off- sitting outside on my steps people-watching with a cup of hot coffee. It's really fun because the tourists point and wave at you as if you're a feature in the Ketchikan landscape. Sometimes people walk up the stairs and ask me questions, too, which always makes me feel very useful and important. I am really enjoying interacting with tourists much more than I thought I would because they are people in vacation mode, meaning that most of them are feeling very pleasant and relaxed. It's also pretty cool to meet people from all over- mostly from the States but also a lot from Europe as well. Crew members from the ships also come in to the show a lot and it's really interesting hearing about their lives- they have very regimented schedules but get to see all sorts of cool places so most of them seem to like their jobs.
I haven't written in a while because I haven't had a day off in a while and that makes a huge difference in my willingness and ability to write creatively. However, I DO have a day off today, and Friday as a matter of fact! Hoorah! The only downside is that Matt and I haven't had a day off together in a few weeks which makes me very sad. I will most likely request one soon so that we can go do something fun together- we each feel too guilty to go on any excursions or do something new without the other when we have our separate days off. This isn't to say that we haven't been having fun this week- we've had some very pleasant days. This week, we finally got our library cards- yay- so we can start checking out DVDs instead of streaming crap-quality ones from the internet. Also, Matt had a very exciting day when the owner of his company put him in charge of transporting one of his classic cars, a 19something Mustang Coupe, for the day - Matt got to drive it around and keep it overnight, hence the photo shoot that follows.
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| Cruisin' in the Mustang |
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| It only took us about five minutes to discover that the gas tank is on the back of this car! |
The owner rents out these cars to people on cruise ships who want to look really cool as they explore their port- you can rent this baby for a very nominal fee of $150 per hour (!). For people with a lot of money to blow, it's actually a good idea to rent a car because the best parts of Ketchikan are out of reach from walking or taking the public bus. When we had the car, it was a very rainy night so we didn't take the car anywhere special except the gas station. I'm hoping that the opportunity will come up again for this so we can cruise around on a nice day and make everyone jealous.
Last night, Matt and I used the excuse of our one-and-a-half-year anniversary (which, yes, I know, is not in fact a real anniversary) to go out to dinner. We tried this place called Oceanview which specializes in Italian, Mexican and Greek food. It is very common here to specialize in at least three things, and you're not considered a real restaurant if you only serve one nationality's cuisine. It was a gorgeous night and the food was delicious.
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| Us at the aptly-named Oceanview Restaurant |
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| Cool floatplane docked right outside |
Other than that not much else is going on right now but we have a lot of exciting things on the horizon. We are so excited to be having my mom up to visit in just nine days and will be doing a lot of fun stuff with her while she's up, which includes experiencing Ketchikan's annual Blueberry Festival which is supposed to be pretty fun. We have come to the sad realization that we are already past the halfway point of our time in Ketchikan, so we are reluctantly drawing up our bucket list and considering our next adventure. Suggestions for this next adventure will be gratefully accepted via e-mail or facebook :)
Thanks for reading!!
-Bridget
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