Travel Blog

Sue:

Payne location update: North Platte, Nebraska.

The average annual rainfall in Ketchikan, Alaska, is around 160 inches. So it wasn't much of a surprise that it was raining when we got there. After we took the dogs ashore to do their business, Phil and I headed into town. We decided to walk because we read that the touristy area is only about 2 miles from the ferry dock. No big deal. We walked more than that daily in Skagway. What we didn't factor in was the temperature plus the rain equalled horribly uncomfortable walking. But we're no lightweights. We made it to town, bitching all the way.

And the town was closed.

But we found a nice place, called Annabelle's, to eat, and once fortified with non-ferry food, we decided to hoof it back. We had dried off by then, and this time the wind was pushing us, so the walk back wasn't so bad.

As the usual, I'll end this post with some pictures.

Wrecked boat on the way to Ketchikan:

Ketchikan houses way up high:

Ketchikan welcome:

Post-walk warmup coffee: