{"id":8119,"date":"2011-08-15T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=8119"},"modified":"2011-08-14T18:52:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T22:52:24","slug":"alaska-ketchikan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/8119","title":{"rendered":"Alaska: Ketchikan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last Alaska stop on the cruise was Ketchikan. Apparently Ketchikan is a good place for fishing, but what interested me was that it is a temperate rain forest. So of course the excursion we (yes, Michael had some say in the matter) chose was a hike in the rainforest.<\/p>\n

Hike was used very loosely here. It was really a very casual stroll in the woods.<\/p>\n

Living in a land lock state, one thing that was new (and thus fascinating) to me was the preponderance of float planes.<\/p>\n

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The idea that they best way to get from one city to another is by a plane that takes off and lands on the water was a completely bizarre concept to me. I’m not sure we have a body of water upon which you could land a float plane.<\/p>\n

The rainforest hike was easy, but still very pretty. I would have liked to have taken more time in the woods, but, when you’re with a group, you’re stuck at their pace.<\/p>\n

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And there were a LOT of bald eagles.<\/p>\n

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And Kingfishers. I was very pleased that this picture turned out so well, since I couldn’t see the birds at all clearly, since they were so far away.<\/p>\n

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Part of the land on which this park was built, was an abandoned lumber mill. I found the equipment fascinating. (Not that we don’t have lumber mills in WV. It’s just I don’t get to walk through abandoned machinery very frequently.)<\/p>\n

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When we wandered around town, we not only got to see a fish ladder, we also got to see lots of moon jellies! I love watching jelly fish. I find them so relaxing.<\/p>\n

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