Mj's Place Ketchikan

2724 Third Ave. Ketchikan, Alaska, 99901-5704, United States

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A sunny day at the Rain Capitol of Alaska

A travel blog entry by danharriet

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... above the yard area of the house. In the yard was what appeared to be a wishing well. The appearance of it being a wishing well was established in our minds by a large black 4 inch PVC pipe that was tied to a fence by the sidewalk and tied down below to the side of the wishing well. A sign on the well said please donated so a boy can fish. This was a charming change from the walk beside the salmon stream up thru the rain forest. As Harriet dropped our coins in ...

Life is Beautiful

A travel blog entry by keithandialaska

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... way back, watched some fishermen pull some in - they are very large fish (about15lbs apparently) so put up a big flight. We then headed off for our first prebooked shore excursion - Float plane/bear adventure. The plane we flew in was 60 years old but the pilot tells us they are the best planes ever made - easy to maintain and to fly. Inspite of Giva and Dizis initial apprehension flying in a 6 seater plane, it ...

Ketchikan

A travel blog entry by whitesjourneys

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... got to a river, home to many birds,
especially bald eagles. At one point one was sitting right over our
heads. Cool, right? Then all of a sudden a black bear came out of the
woods. It was kinda far away, but who cares we had binoculars. But
then some noisy people came and that was the bears cue to leave. We
looked at ...

Eagles, Eagles Everywhere And Not a Bear In Sight

A travel blog entry by rgee009

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... that were a little surprising to the nature guide. Why do bears live here? Why do bears make these paths? Why does a blue herron live here? He was a trip, because it was always why, why, why!!! We made our way through the rainforest where we saw bear claw marks on trees, fresh bear poo (Kody loved to tell us about this again), and bear paths everywhere.

As we were walking Alison made the first big animal discovery in a ...

Ketchikan

A travel blog entry by jowhiting

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... but there were also tourist shops selling souvenirs as this was definitely a town set up for the tourist trade.

We were doing the Misty Fjords trip so we made our way to the Allen Marine boat in the harbour. Each seat was equipped with a pair of binoculars and a guide to the trip and there were naturalists on board to help us appreciate what we were seeing . The water was incredibly calm and the low clouds and mistiness added to the atmosphere. The Misty Fjords ...