Day 2 - Friday, July 27

WORKSTUDY DAY 2 FRIDAY JULY 27, 2012

This was our free day in Ketchikan.  We got to experience nature (hiking on Deer Mountain) and shopping (in downtown Ketchikan) as well as a local favorite for dining and see wild life (a mama bear and cubs and salmon).  A terrific relaxing day! - Christy

This morning we went on a hike on Deer Creek. Guess what? We climbed over 710 feet in elevation! That was pretty fabulous, gotta admit. Our tour guide didn’t think we would make it that far. Unfortunately, as we descended, people had major trouble remaining on their feet. Ben scared himself in the process of falling down a slippery rock. Raelynn, Darcey, and Makenzie all fell too. The rest of the day was incredible too. Seeing the bear cubs and ever- so- ungraceful salmon flop around after figuring out how to be discreet in the woods was most definitely the best part of the day! ~Raelynn M & Jill K

Today was definitely a “fun day”! We went on a hike this morning but didn’t make it to the snow. After hiking we went shopping downtown and kept getting asked what cruise ship we were on. We came back and hung around for a while before going to dinner and driving 8 miles to a fish hatchery. There we watched bear cubs eat grass along with watching salmon flop in and out of the water. Raelynn, Karli K., and I all had to go visit some trees and bushes. What a fun day! ~Makenzie F.

          Yesterday was fun, got my gnarly knife fix, and some other cool souvenirs. Oh and we saw some neat nature. Alaska is pretty neat! - Ben!

The wild nature of Alaska, much better than civilization, especially the facilities that are provided.  Enjoying the time out here with everyone, but need to make pictures more fun, so please don’t expect any “normal” pictures of me. - Patrick

Today, we went on a hike, and it was very foggy the higher we went up. I stayed behind the rest of the group with a few of the advisors because we were walking slower up the mountain. On the way up there was a path that split two ways and I had to ask which way to go because I couldn’t see the rest of the group, and Katie Klinger said to go up, so I did, and we found the group half an hour later when they started to come back down. After the hike our “tour guide” Bailey, told us to go down town for some shopping. He told Jim where some good fish-jerky was, Ben where some knives were, and the rest of us, candy. It was raining all day. So, we decided to go back to the church for a few hours until dinner time at 6:00 pm (8pm Mountain time.) So the first thing the kids did was play Mafia with cards, while the advisors made bracelets. Of course, I died first both rounds. The game ended early and we got to go play Frisbee! In the rain! We played that for a good hour and a half. So then we piled into the van for dinner and fun after dinner, we went to a fish hatchery to look at salmon, bears, and eagles. After that we went to a totem pole garden and took a lot of funny pictures. Then we came back to the church, and got ready for bed quickly. Tiring day, and it’s only day two. –Karli O

Yesterday was pretty interesting, from our rainy hike to shopping down town among cruise tourists. But overall, it was good J And bear watching went very well but I don’t think the foreign folks liked us much! ~ Veronica