After leaving Haines, we went to Juneau, the capital of Alaska.
The only way you can reach Juneau is by boat or by airplane.
We looked around, visiting the city museum and the state museum,
saw the governor's mansion and took a few photos, but there was
really not a lot to see in Juneau.

Ketchican was the next port and there seemed to be much more to see
there than in Haines or Juneau.  There is one sequence of photos below that shows how they put up the gangway to let passengers off and on the ship while in port.  Ketchican is the closest of Alaska's cities to the "lower 48" as they called it, which probably helped in its development.
It seemed more colorful, but maybe that is just because we had
the most sunshine there - it was a beautiful day.  We walked around the city seeing the sights, and took a "Duck" tour - a tour in a vehicle
that drove the streets and then drove straight into the water for a view
of the city from the sea.  We saw lots of eagles and so I got a number
of pictures.  They were almost everywhere.  At the bottom of this page
you will see some photos of Dolly's House.  This was said to be one
of the favorite spots for the gold minors and fishermen in earlier times.
They have preserved the house through a fund that Dolly left to the city
in her will.  It must have been the best little whorehouse in Ketchican.