Being an adventurous bunch we opted for The Duck Tour. It might not be as exciting as some cities when we started out by traveling on "the road" in town.
Ketchikan is located on an island 30 miles long with access only by air or sea. "The Road" runs down one side of the island and just barely wraps around the ends. Many of the "streets" in town are really wooden steps that cling to the granite hillsides. These streets are maintained by the city for trash pick up and snow removal.
Ketchikan is proud of it's Salmon Capital moniker and fresh and smoked samples are available in many of the shops--it's like Costco, but better!
Our Duck tour showed us the town highlights, like "the athletic field" used by football, baseball, soccer and anything else they want to play. Because grass won't grow where you get 171 inches of rain the field is a combination of crushed gravel and crushed shells. I'm thinking some company should donate an AstroTurf field to these deserving souls!
Our tour proceeded into the water through the marina where we learned about all the different kinds of fishing boats--purse seiners, trollers, gill netters, halibut schooners and we even spotted an old Deadliest Catch crab boat.
Leaving Ketchikan we sat in the sun on the balcony and looked for whales. As you would expect they were on the other side of the ship, but had disappeared by the time we got there. Still, we got to enjoy a great sunset!
My favorite photo from Ketchikan. Tristan showing his Husky fever!
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