September 4, 2015
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We arrived in Ketchikan, Alaska on Friday September 4th. We keep getting blessed with nice sunny days!
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| Ketchikan, Alaska |
Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town, emptying into the Tongass Narrows a short distance southeast of its downtown. "Ketchikan" comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin.
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| Ketchikan Creek Selfie!! |
Dave Rubin's bronze monument "The Rock" is on "Berth 1". It features 7 life-size figures from Ketchikan's past: Chief Johnson, a logger, a fisherman, a miner, an aviator, a Native woman drumming, and an elegant lady in her 1890s finery.
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| The Rock |
We had scheduled a float plane trip to the Misty Fjords. I try to get good value if I can. I was able to link through Holland America's web page to Taquan Air to discover which company was used for the excursions. I went to their web page and discovered they had a "Fall Special" that was considerably less expensive than booking through the cruise line. Their regular price however was actually more expensive.
I called Taquan to verify this information. They were really hesitant to confirm so as not to burn the cruise line who gives them a lot of business, at least that was my take on the conversation. Ultimately I was able to understand that I was able to much get a better deal booking directly getting this fall special!
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| Float Plane |
Taquan Air uses DeHavilland Beaver float planes. They seat 6 passengers. Here we are getting ready to board.
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| DeHavilland Beaver |
Here is Ketchikan and our ship the MS Amsterdam from the air!
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| MS Amsterdam |
We flew over the "Misty Fjords". It was spectacular!
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| Misty Fjords |
We flew to an alpine lake. We came in for a landing!
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| Alpine Lake |
The lake was beautiful.
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| Alpine Lake landing |
We were able to get out of the plane and stand on the pontoons!
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| Out of the plane |
You were able to climb down the ladders and stand on the pontoon. The pilot grabbed his fishing pole, but I didn't see him catch anything! LOL
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| Pontoons! |
Back to Ketchikan. Here we are landing.
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| Landing in Ketchikan |
During the heyday of Dolly Arthur and the other sporting women of Ketchikan’s infamous Creek Street, police raids on the brothels were frequent. Spouses looking for a quick exit to avoid hefty fines for being caught at one of the brothels found the Married Man’s Trail to be the perfect escape route.
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| Married Man Trail |
Who is Dolly you ask? Nuff Said! LOL
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| Dolly's House |
Speaking of Salmon spawning, Here is a salmon ladder observation spot.
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| Salmon Ladder Sign |
We didn't see any salmon climbing the ladders, but it was still interesting.
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| Salmon Ladder |
Back to Creek Street. There are sidewalks on both sides of the creek over the creek. This is an interesting and very pretty little city.
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| Creek Street |
The next stop was Victoria, BC. We did not get off the ship there.
They did however remember that our +++++ 40th ++++++ Anniversary was coming up. They presented us this at dinner!
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| 40th Anniversary! |
That's it for today. Thank you for reading. Please feel free to reply if there are any questions or comments!
God Bless and please remember to pray for Avery Huffman!
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