Ketchikan

Cruise Day 6

Early Thursday morning found us in Ketchikan. Ketchikan is on an island, essentially built into the rocky slope. The streets of the town are steeps, and some are not "streets" at all, but boardwalk sidewalks down alleys, accessible only by foot. Ketchikan is known as both "the Rain Capital of Alaska" and "the Salmon Capital of Alaska" but we saw neither. We did see lumberjacks and totem poles, though.

Our first stop was at the Great American Lumberjack Show. What a kick! We enjoyed every minute of the "competition" between the Spruce Mill and Dawson Creek camps. We cheered with hearty "yo-HO's." The kids even had their photo taken with the lumberjacks. Hmmm... I think all the ladies wanted their photograph taken with the lumberjacks... :-)

Then we wandered along the coast to Totem Bight State Park, which showed us beautiful views of the coastline and nature of the region, and magnificent examples of the totem carving of the Alaskan tribal culture.