Alaska 2010: Day 4--Ketchikan

Ketchikan is a very quaint town. Steve and I walked about town, visited the totem museum, and had lunch in the "red light" district (with Mary Ann). C/T/D/M went on a crabbing expedition--they got to help haul in the pots and measure the crab--and got to eat as much as they wanted! Ketchikan gets 124 feet of rain a year and maybe a foot of snow. It rained most of the day so we all had our rain gear on while the locals were simply enjoying the warm weather in their shorts and flip flops.

The main street is built on piers and totems are scattered throughout the town. The museum had several masks and button coats on display. Some of the totems were hundreds of years old. The "red light" district is built on Creek Street--the only place in the world where both the "salmon and men can go to spawn". The weather report is easy--"if you can see the top of the mountain, it's going to rain. If you can't see the top, it's raining."

Main Street, Ketchikan--tons of jewelry shops and tourist shopping.

Eagle totem in the town square--Ketchikan is famous for its totems.

Creek Street--the "red light" district--built on the creek where the salmon travel up to spawn.

Interesting area -- S watched someone catching fish off the bridge. S and I took a tram up to the top of the mountain and had lunch and took a walking trail back down to main street.