25 June 2018 Ferry to Juneau

25 June 2018 – Ferry from Ketchikan to Juneau.

Today we headed out on another Ferry, this time the MV Kennicott. It will take us from Ketchikan to Juneau.  This leg is 20 hours long (did I tell you ferries go at about 16-18 knots – that’s close to 20 mph?).  Some other people on board pitched tents on deck, I guess this is very common.  We did not bring a tent.  They don’t don’t let you sleep in your cars. (They do let you visit your cars every so often to walk your dogs).  So, we booked a room.  Nice and quiet. And small.

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Here is our room on board the MV Kennicott.  Not quite a deluxe cruise room, heh? But way more comfortable than sleeping on the deck.
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This is the Ferry MV Pennicott, while we were waiting to board at Ketchikan
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Not quite as many cars on this ferry, the workers didn’t have to do any jigsaw puzzling of the vehicles.

The Ferry ride was mostly along the Inside Passage, and we were alerted to several whale sightings.  Here are some pictures I took of one of the whales:

Whale spouting
Fin on the whale
Back of the whale

You can tell that whales don’t like to pose for pictures! So here is a magnificent statue of a whale at Juneau so you can see what whales are supposed to look like:

Whale statue at Juneau Park

2 thoughts on “25 June 2018 Ferry to Juneau”

  1. Regarding the photo of you truct on the boat…..did you have to drive in sideways yourself or did the crew assist?
    And you cute bunk bed room, did you have your own bathroom???

    1. You have to drive your own car/truck onto the ships.
      The bathroom was down the hall. 🙂

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