Alaska IV: Wednesday

On Wednesday, we went to Ketchikan. Jonah and John tried the reindeer sausage and both liked it.

We took a walk through the town and found the creek.

Jonah's tired, glaring eyes look demonic here, but he was actually happy. Especially if he got a shoulder ride.

We went through Creek Street (which used to be a red light district, where more men than fish went upstream to spawn.)

We took the back road, Married Man's Trail, to the salmon run. We'd love to come back and see it when the salmon are running.

Scott loved watching the water.

Jonah loved Scott.

We rode the funicular up to a lodge.

Scott found some flowers up there.

Most of the totem poles were newer, not "authentic," but still cool to see.

Hard to tell if this was Hawaii or Alaska. We had more rain on our Hawaii trip, actually. It was cooler here and no humidity--such perfect weather. If not for the darkness all winter, I'd totally live in Alaska.

Scott climbed up and asked me to take his picture with the rocks.

And again. I think he was getting the hang of vacation pictures.

John consulted the map while I photographed Scott.

We walked down the hill and found a few bridges to cross for fun.

Scott wanted to go fishing with the guys we saw down in the water.

Little nugget.

We toured the Totem Heritage Center which I found disappointing, but I'm glad we went so we weren't disappointed thinking we'd missed something cool. Most of the totem poles were moved to another city I think in the 70's and this place was small and not interactive at all. 

I ended up taking Mr. Jonah needsanap crankerpants for a walk outside while the big boys saw the rest of the museum.

We found a little park and waited for the next bus there so the boys could play.

We went back and ate lunch and napped on the boat, then moseyed around downtown some more before the ship left.