Today is a long day. A FAM group has come to Ketchikan and has meetings lined up with many tour companies in town. The FAM group consists of representatives from various cruise ships and the trips' purpose is for them to learn about the different tour companies in the area and what they have to offer their cruise passengers. Most cruise passengers are only interested in outdoor tours, so given that we are an eco-friendly outdoor tour company we have a long standing relationship with most cruise lines. This morning we had a group at the zip line camp and we served them breakfast and showed them videos educating them about our zip line tours and walking tour. After breakfast another supervisor and I ran the zip line course with the new canopy guides that started their training today. The zip cords were wet from rain, which caused us to zip faster.

Skunk cabbage has begun to grow around the camp. Bears eat a lot of twigs, etc before hibernation to block up their system and then eat skunk cabbage afterwards to clean out their system. There is also word that a few bears have been shot around the area (people are allowed to hunt one bear per person in Alaska). Needless to say, these are the beginning signs of bear season. I am ecstatic to see bears outside of a zoo!