The Deadliest Catch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zmsp60sdMk

Wondered how we could top the Glaciers yesterday…. Well, we equaled the experience doing something totally different. We arrived in Ketchikan about 9:30 in the morning… All of us got off the boat and did the obligatory walk around town… Ketchikan has a population of about 15000, but we hung out mostly near the tourist traps…. Stores everywhere, just like Skagway, Juneau, St Marten… we found a couple ‘local’ shops’ and a local restaurant for lunch. Also, we got to see an Eagle and a Hawk up close and personal! Then, our fun really began!
We went on a trip on the Aleutian Ballad, a boat from Season 2 of Deadliest Catch. Obviously its been retired…. And then retrofitted just a bit for us tourists. The captain and the staff (5 of them) have all been crab, etc fishermen (well, and women) from the Bering Sea. They had put some crab pots out about 2 hours from Ketchikan (which they do bait for us tourists) and we saw how the whole thing works. We even saw some crab that the evil octopus in this area chowed down on. Three large crab came up DEAD in the pot… you could see where the ‘beak’ of the Octopus pounces on the poor crab main shell. Was something! These guys were good men besides also being good entertainers. Tomorrow they will be taking disabled Vet’s out on the boat on a special trip! Like I said, good guys! Also saw “The Time Bandit” at hook in the bay… You know, I thought these boats were way bigger than they really are. They are not that large… makes the whole show and what goes on even scarier!
Oh yeah… got to see Bald Eagle nest, and the mom and dad, and the dad came down and grabbed a fish from the water…. I tried to catch a picture…. No such luck… It was so awesome! We hear the chicks in the nest all excited when that tasty dish came to them.