Foggy Morning in Prince Rupert We left Prince Rupert on Tuesday morning, June 11th, and crossed Dixon Entrance into Alaska. We had fog, but calm waters, so we were really happy!! Normally customs requires that once you have passed the border into either Canada or US waters, you cannot stop before clearing customs. Like a lot of things, it's different in Alaska! It is a 90 mile voyage from Prince Rupert to Ketchikan, the first port in Alaska. That's a long trip, in our boat at least 9 hours. So US Customs allows boaters, if we call ahead when we leave Prince Rupert, BC, to overnight in a place called Foggy Bay, which is about half way to Ketchikan. So, we spent Tuesday night in Foggy Bay, and came into Ketchikan today. What a busy harbor, with at least 6 cruise ships tied up in town and tons of cruise ship passengers in town! Tonight we went out to dinner at a very good restaurant with two other boating families we have met along the way, so that was fun. We are planning on staying here another night, then will head for an ancorage in a place called Meyer;s Chuck, then on to Petersburg the next day. We are hopinng to get some fishing, crabbing, and prawning along the way. Talked to a guy at the harbormaster's office this morning, and he said fishing was "not bad": he had caught 5 king salmon last weekend during a fishing derby!! I told him Dave would have "Fish envy"!! Stay tuned!
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