{"id":3441,"date":"2009-07-05T12:21:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T19:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2009-07-05T12:21:53","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T19:21:53","slug":"day-180-meanwhile-back-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=3441","title":{"rendered":"Day 180: meanwhile, back in Alaska&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry to jerk this blog out of order, but that last was an important announcement.\u00c2\u00a0 There may be another one coming soon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But in Ketchikan we got off the ship to see the town and a Totem Pole village.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Click to enlarge, BACK to return!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3442\" title=\"day18001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3443\" title=\"day18002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18002-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/1250, f8, 17mm, ISO 400)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (1\/1250, f8, 17mm, ISO 400)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And of course, my favorite lifeboats: the single keel for lots of people and the catamaran, extra stable and used as a water taxi when the ship can&#8217;t reach the dock for some reason (oh, say: too many cruise ships!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3444\" title=\"day18003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18003-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3445\" title=\"day18004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18004-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There is a park on the waterfront welcoming people to Ketchikan.\u00c2\u00a0 It has this Eagle statue bowing to the people coming to town.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, if you look at it from the other side there is a face there too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3446\" title=\"day18005a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005a-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005a-300x279.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005a.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3447\" title=\"day18005b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005b-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005b-263x300.jpg 263w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18005b.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/400, f8, 40mm, ISO 200)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These were taken on our bus ride through town on the way to the Totem Pole village.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is Whale Park, and our first Totem Pole.\u00c2\u00a0 I only recall a few of the things they are suppose to mean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3448\" title=\"day18006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18006-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18006-271x300.jpg 271w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18006.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/200, f8, 22mm, ISO 200)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I think this horse drawn coach is actually a better way to see town, other than being subjected to more of the driver&#8217;s bad jokes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3450\" title=\"day18007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18007-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18007.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/60, f8, 40mm, ISO 200)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There is all kinds of neat stuff in Ketchikan, on fish hatcheries, salmon spawning runs, the red light district over the creeks full of salmon.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t photos of that stuff&#8230;cruise ships are a great way to travel and see places, but they do run on a tight schedule&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But this is apparently the only tunnel in the US that you can drive Around&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3451\" title=\"day18008a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008a-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008a.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/100, F8, 40MM, ISO 200)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;Over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3452\" title=\"day18008b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008b-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008b-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008b.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/60, f8, 40mm, ISO 200)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;Under&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3453\" title=\"day18008c\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008c-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008c-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18008c.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/250, f8, 29mm, ISO 200)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;and Through, of course.\u00c2\u00a0 We did the around and through, and saw over.\u00c2\u00a0 I had to take the bus driver&#8217;s word there is a way under, at low tide, anyway!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some of the streets in Ketchikan started out as stairways, and still remain as streets.\u00c2\u00a0 This is Barber Street.\u00c2\u00a0 You can see the side street part way up this one heading to the left is named Bayview Street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3454\" title=\"day18009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18009-114x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18009-114x300.jpg 114w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/day18009.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1\/400, f8, 40mm, ISO 200)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is wise to know where your friends are moving too before you volunteer to help them move&#8230;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~Curtis in \/\\\/\\onTana! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry to jerk this blog out of order, but that last was an important announcement.\u00c2\u00a0 There may be another one coming soon&#8230; But in Ketchikan we got off the ship to see the town and a Totem Pole village. (Click to enlarge, BACK to return!) (1\/1250, f8, 17mm, ISO 400)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (1\/1250, f8, 17mm, ISO 400) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5,18,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaskan-cruise-2009","category-on-the-road","category-pad-2009","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3457,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions\/3457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}