WHO IS THAT CUTE GUY WITH MANDY?! That is what all my coworkers were thinking when my cousin Zach came up to Ketchikan on his cruise to Alaska with his grandma. It was pouring rain so he got the true Ketchikan experience. He brought me a package from my mom with homemade apricot jam and dried apricots! I hugged it and told my passengers how excited I was. We got to eat the famous fish and chips on the dock and visit together. It was wonderful to see him!

It finally caught up to me! What is known as the "Ketchikan Crud". I have been sick for the last two weeks and still working in the rain every day all day long. But my body had finally had it with me. Both Mandy and bus 814 are out of service. The bad news is that I am very sick but the good news is that I don't have to go to work until Monday, a nice four day weekend. I guess it pays to have a boyfriend and a boss who both love me:) And I think the lack of a voice might have something to do with it since I am a tour guide:)

Tarzan and Jane before going swinging through the canopy zipline! Here we are in our attractive seven point rock-climbing harnesses. We went down 7 zip lines and 2 Indiana Jones style swinging bridges over 150 feet in the air through the rain forest. I am happy to report that I wasn't even scared but Jason wasn't my biggest fan when I made the bridges swing and bounce under him:)

I could never comprehend the size of a cruise ship until I saw it for myself! They are huge floating cities on the water. I cant wait until I can enjoy one myself rather than just making it enjoyable for other people, which I enjoy as well. :)

I just met Rudolph! He has a temporary black plastic nose to cover the red glow. It aids in his hiding from the news camera's.

This is the other side of the bridge at Creek Street, the historic red light district I tell passengers about daily. That's Dolly's house, she was the most famous and wealthy of all the madams:}

Fishing for salmon off of the bridge at Creek Street! The salmon are spawning like crazy right now: kings, silvers, and pinks.

This is my other favorite view from the island. On a clear day like this you can see the snow capped mountain on one of the islands opposite ours.

This is one of my favorite spots on the island. This was a wet and foggy day down at the George Inlet. It just fills my soul to sit and look at this landscape.

Me and my cute Jason at the Lumberjack show! I sure wish I could climb a pole that quickly...how do they do that anyway? Even with all of my driving a non-powered steering bus all summer I still cant even do one "boy" push up.

I see bald eagles like this every day! They are majestic birds. It was inspired to choose them as our national symbol. To hear their call and watch them fly overhead still gives me chills.

This was one of the most beautiful hikes I have ever been on. It was up in the rain forest where even the moss grows moss.

This is the city of Ketchikan! It hangs over the water on the edge of the granite rock of the island of Revillagigedo. It is a beautiful and wet place. But I cant imagine that there are many more places on the planet that the Lord spent more time creating. Every day there is something new and exciting to behold.

This is Me, five waterproof layers fatter! I never believed everyone who told me how wet and cold it is here. But, oh how I was wrong. We get an average of 13 1/2 feet of rain here a year and have already received 10 feet this year! Thats not a lake, its the parking lot!

The three of us crazies out on the pacific ocean! Mandy, Jason, and Matt:)