Ketchikan is the closest "big city" to us. About 4,000 or so call it home, but the population swells every day in the summer as cruise ships spew up to 12,000 people a day to buy gold nugget jewelry and halibut fish & chips. It's about 75 miles to the east of POW. You can get there from Craig via a 3 hour ferry ride or about a 45 minute ride in a beaver on floats. The weather can be brutal at times (200 inches of rain) making travel difficult and the ferry only comes and goes once a day, so often a trip "outside" (that's anywhere in the lower 48 for you cheechakos) includes an overnight in Ketch on the way out or in or both. On our way home from our Portland Christmas trip we got to spend New Years day there. Here's a few shots.
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Gorgeous pictures. My Dad used to live in Ketchikan. We should have visited while we had a chance! It's very cute... even in all that snow. Maybe especially because of it.
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