Day 7 - Sitka

Arrived at Sitka around 7am. It (like Kodiak) is both the island and the town. 

Relaxing morning...snagged a washing machine at 7:30am, so laundry could wash itself, while we put on the feed bag in the diningroom. No more laundry to do, until we hit the mainland. Sarah also did laundry, after I pulled my stuff out. 

We had an excursion which took us on a walk through a tropical rain forest, through to an area of muskeg. Our guide was very knowledgable. It seems most plants are edible. Not that I would eat them. 

The weather was wonderful! All the locals thanked us for bringing the nice weather. Apparently, rain is more common than warm, sunny days.

Mollusks along the shore

While we were hiking along, we could see a low fog/cloud at the base of the islands across the way. This managed to make its way across the bay in the form of fog. Sunshine/blue skies above, fog a few hundred yards off the ship. 

Fog rolling in

Not sure if we were delayed because of the fog or the lifeboats which were still frolic’ing off the side of the ship.

Regardless, we left...very slowly...after 5pm. Fog horn sounding every two minutes. The echo lasting 15 seconds.