Misty Fiords National Monument, Alaska

Hi everyone;
This has been a really amazing week. We left Ketchikan on Tuesday of last week a cruised up Behm Canal which goes all the way around Revillagigedo Island,which is the island that Ketchikan is located on. The first night we stopped at Neets Bay and spent two days there. We saw a black bear on the beach one night. On the morning we left we saw two killer whales up real close. Our next stop was Fitzgibbon Cove where we went fishing and I caught a halibut of about 30 pounds. We also saw a black bear here. From there we pulled into a bay where the Chickamin River dumps in and saw a mother grizzly and two cubs. We could not get very close because of the shallow water so was not able to get any pictures. That night we stayed at Rudyerd Bay at a place called Punchbowl Cove. Never before have we seen scenery like this. The cliffs go straight up 3000 feet with water falls everywhere. While eating lunch the second day,one of the rocks on the beach moved. It turned out to be a grizzly. We watched him about an hour and he got fairly close to us. What a treat. Tonight we are back in Ketchikan to pick up some mail and get more supplies. Tomorrow we will head out to Wrangle,taking about a week to get there. It has rained the past two days but tonight the sun came out.
The salmon fishing still has not started around here yet, about 3-4 weeks away. So we've had to settle for crab, shrimp, and halibut. What a drag!
I probably won't have Internet or phone service for another week. Will leave here tomorrow,mid-morning if anyone need to call us. Hope all is well at home. Russ, Pat, Maddie