July 17 - July 22

Friday July, 17
Dad woke me up and we said our good-byes. They asked us to join them fishing and we said we would if you come pick us
up at the 15 mile mark. We waited 2 and a half hours but no one came and picked us up. Oh well, we still had fun last night
and we was able to say good-bye anyway. Dad sayed "Dang" for 2 days after today becuase we didn't get to go fishing.
But anyway, After riding for a good 50 miles(including the 15 miles) we were finally at the top of haines highway at a whopping
3500 feet up. We saw some smoke coming from a campsite on top of the hill. A group playing some kind of frisbee game waved
at us as we pulled in. They was all bikers with two vehicles following them. They all greeted us with open arms and 5 of them
took me over to play their game. It was called cups. All you needed was 4 hiking sticks put 2 on one end of a feild and the
other 2 sticks about 20 feet down the feild and space the sticks a frisbee size apart from each other. Then put a cup on top
of each stick. Now you must throw the frisbee at the opponets sticks and try to knock off the cups. The opponets must attempt
to catch the cups with only one hand. If the catch it then they get a point. If it hits the ground you get a point and if you
get the frisbee between the poles without hitting the poles you get 3 points. After learning this i joined up with lara and
we played against mike and joanne. Dad stayed back and talked with john and the ret of the group. Two spectated and there name
were Darren and I think the other one was Monica I think or it could have been someone else. Of course we won thanks to Lara.
After the game Dad was talking to the others. I showed him how to play the game and hit knocked two cups off the other poles
with one hit. Lara and Mike couldn't have a georgia boy beat them at their own game so they came over and challanged us to a
game. Suprisingly we lost, and anyone who knows Dad knows he is a frisbee master. But Mike got lucky and two 3 pointers in a
row. Dad got a three pointer two. It came to a 10-6 lose for us. After that they made us some dinner(thanks guys). They
called called it the 100 kilometer(60 miles) pasta due thats how far it made it until it was finished up. Afterwords everyone
went to bed and we was able to get a warm sleep in a emergency shelter.

Saturday July, 18
Dad let me sleep in a little today until everyone started to leave. I got up and sayed good-bye to everyone and everyones
name down that hadn't left yet. After everyone left we headed out and into haines. 33 miles before Haines, we stopped at a
store called 33 mile resteruant. We had 2 burgers and fries. After that we headed into Haines(YES!) and found the resteruant
called Bamboo room which was suggested by mike. We sat down and ordered some burgers, even after two burgers and fries we was
still hungery so we ordered a chili to split. We finally filled our stomachs on the chili and slept out in the parking lot tucked around the corner to
get some breakfast in the morning.

Sunday July, 19
When we woke up we grabbed some pancakes and tipped the waitress 10 dollars becuase she was the best we have ever had
so far. She filled up dad's coffee mug 15 times in and my water glass like 7 times during the entire breakfast. After eating
we packed up and headed down, echanged the rest of our canadian money, got some groceries, and found a shower and luandry
place to bath and wash clothes. After bathing and washing up some clothes we left our bikes next to the place and went to check
out the boats down at the dock. We saw a older couple peeling the heads of some shrimp and afterwards we checked out some of the
boats around the dock. When we got back to our stuff a herd of ravens swarmed from our bikes and a man with a stick chased two
more away. The man told us the got into our groceries we just bought. Sure enough a hole was poked through one of the bags and
a fist sized hole was in our bread. After our first robbery of the trip we headed over to the ferry terminal and got in line
with the motorcycles. We went inside and grabbed the tickets and met a motorcyclist named motorcycle joe. Turns out we ran
into at the resteruant at the bamboo room. He was getting on the ferry all the way to bellingham just like us. Turns out
he was leaking oil so he had to call his trip short. After that we headed over to a table wich we met another couple that
we met before. This was the couple that told us about the ferry in the first place. After about 30 minute of waiting the ferry
arrived and we headed on board. It was a a 5 story ferry with a arcade, bar, cafeteria, theater, showers and luandry room.
We stayed on the 3rd floor mainly becuase it had tables to eat off of. After getting all 10 bags situated under our table
I went to exfplore all that the ship had to offer and i met some kids in the arcade. I only really hung out with one whos name
was Hudson. After a while though everyone went to bed and me and dad went up to the 5 story solarium which is where everyone
who wanted fresh while the slept stayed at. We fell asleep on the concrete out front under the stars.

Summary of ferry ride
people met: Matt and Edith- Very fun couple that loved to have fun. Matt loved to crack jokes and wear his cowboy hat and
Edith loved to luagh and relax.
Monica and Michael- Another fun couple who was always looking for a good time with freinds. Monica loved to tell a good story
and Michael loved to luagh and tell jokes.
Jaynee- She loved her favorite couch. I always found her laying there relaxing and waiting out the long boat ride. I would
also find her talking with the others at our table everynow and then. She loved to talk about anything and would take the
time to playfully aggravate me here and there.
Nicholas- nicest man you will ever meet in your lifetime. He wa definatly the definition of a night owl. He loved to talk
and tell life stories and to give wisdom. He also gave me a my freind dylan a midnight snack.
Dylan- 17 year old kid who loved to talk forever about off the topic stuff and life itself.
MAthew- 12 year old kid who was very smart for his age. He was very relaxed and didn't like to get excited like other kids.
Hudson- my favorite kid on the boat. We always looked forward to hanging out with eachother in the arcade. He was a little
hyper but not to bad and loved to play games. there was a girl that had a crush on him but she didn't get on the boat until
the last 2 days so the relationship didn't get very far.
Mariah- very quite until the last 2 days. She loved to play hide and go seek with the kids and played in the arcade every now
and then. She was mainly seen walking around with her little sisters. She also had a crush on me. Whenever she seen me she
would get this big smile and when she passed by when i was sitting down she would always turn her head and smile at me. well
Jaynee cuaght on to this unfortunatly and she would always tease me about it.
Ports to remember:
Sitka- Dad, Matt, Edith, Monica, Michael and I all went into Sitka. Unfortunatly for the bus driver, this happens to be were
we all met each other for the first time too. We had more fun then a bus full of monkeys. The funniet part of the trip that
none of us will forget is the fur shop. In the window was this jockstrap that had fur covering the entire crotch and a tail
coming out the back. The lady said that the tail made the underwear "street legal". Everyone joked about what would happen
if we bought some, especially Matt.
Ketchikan- got to get off here and get on the wi-fi. Also hitchhiked into town and checked out a store gift shop. Barely made
it back to the ship but was able to catch the bus just in time.
night to remember: On the last day of the boat trip everybody went up to the bar to celebrate. Now exactly what happened you will have to ask my dad but I do know some few details. Matt got out a guitar and sung a few songs. He even dedicated a song to Dad which he says "It meant the world to me" every time he thinks about it. When I was hanging out with Dylan we both heard all sorts of whoopin' and a hollerin coming from the bar upstairs so I know everyone was having a good time. Especially when Michael came down the stairs and pretty much became a pinball bouncing to guard rail to guard rail(I think he tilted if you know what I mean). Then Nicholas came down and took me and Dylan up to the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat. So all in all it was definatly af blast. Met some great people and made some memories to remember.