Ketchikan

View at Totem Bight Historic Park

With 6.5-20 inches of rain a month, Ketchikan is probably one of the rainiest places in the U.S.  Here we are though, for two nights, while we take a break from the 3 day ferry ride down to Bellingham.  Last time I was here it was a 7 hour layover on the ferry up to Juneau.  This time, there's no snow but plenty of rain.  At least this time I have a car to explore more of Ketchikan with.

Walk through the rainforest

The first place I found after getting off the ferry and checking into the hotel was Ward Lake.  There is an easy 1.3 mile loop around the lake that was perfect for walking Millie.  The trail here was well maintained and sheltered by the trees.  We walked around it twice to give Millie a good walk.  The next day, after checking out a few other places around Ketchikan (Saxman Park, Creek Street, and Totem Bight Historical Park), we ended up coming back to the Ward Lake area to try out portion of the Perseverence Trail.  It too was a well maintained trail.  It seems Juneau has too many trails to maintain and too many people using them so most of them are quite muddy.  Most trails I've found elsewhere in Southeast Alaska seem to be much better maintained.  Anyway, we didn't have much time to do the full trail, which was a shame, but we had to get back to the hotel before the evening rush for the laundry room started.

Our stay in Ketchikan is the last place where we will be in one place for two nights (aside from the upcoming ferry ride).  Here on out it'll be one night at each hotel, which will suck.  Well, tonight's our last night in Alaska for a while.  Tomorrow night we'll probably be in Canadian waters, and then onto the lower 48!