Kayak, More than a Travel Site
So, let’s start this with a brief discussion of excursions. We made a decision not to book through NCL for our flight or excursions, thinking we could save some money and break away from the herd on the ship in doing our own thing. We were right on both counts. After searching out things to do in Ketchikan, the Ketchikan Kayak Company that offered an ocean kayaking trip. Having never kayaked in my life, electing to have my first kayak trip on the open ocean sounded like a very well-considered thing to do, so, reader, we booked it. On Wednesday morning, then, we grabbed a quick breakfast in the buffet, threw our day’s supplies into my cool, new (and supercheap) lime green waterproof backpack, and walked right off the boat and into a panel van driven by Ryan. A reflection: it’s amazing how much trust we put in people—see a guy holding a laminated paper sign, say hi, and immediately let him drive one and one’s family into the deep woods of Alask...