First port of call: Ketchikan, Alaska. We took a canoe trip, followed by a short nature hike, on Harriet Hunt Lake in the Tongass Rainforest. The Tongass is the largest national forest in the US. The rain held off during the paddle, and by the time we returned to the dock the sun had broken through the ever-present clouds. The guides were ecstatic; said they hadn’t seen the sun for over a month! Good omen?
One more state on my bucket list accomplished. Only seven more to go!