We are getting ready to head to Sitka, Ak Monday morning when we get on the ferry at 2 AM. We have a stateroom this time because the ride is 25 hours long. We spent the day here in Ketchikan site seeing and looking at the museums and historical sites. The totem pole museum was very interesting. The blue and pink totem is a modern day production.
The old red light district has been changed into little tourist shops along Creek Street. The bright colors and boardwalk make it stand out form the rest of Ketchikan. Much of the newer area of the waterfront has been built on rock fill placed on the shoreline. Many of the houses are built on the hillsides in alcoves cut into the surrounding rock and the streets are very steep and hilly in places. The rain forest makes trees and shrubs grow every where. The roads out of Ketchikan go east and west for about 10 miles and then end at the Tongas National Forest. If you travel any where out of Ketchikan you use a boat or an airplane.
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