Ketchikan Alaska redux

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More snapshots from Ketchikan, Alaska. Sorry Aunt P.

Spectators in Ketchikan
Spectators in Ketchikan
They happily barked at passersby. My Aunt P and I took a wrong turn, and ended up in the 'wrong' part of Ketchikan - the part the tourists never go. Lots of industrial tools, canneries, hatcheries, fisheries and other monuments to the mighty salmon's financial might.

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Fishy Fishy Fish

Fishy Fishy Fish
Homage to the mighty salmon.

Tourist Trolley Ketchikan
Tourist Trolley Ketchikan
I didn't ride one of these contraptions, but they were everywhere, and always an Alaskan Husky rode with the driver.

City of Ketchikan Vehicle
City of Ketchikan Vehicle
not all municipalities have the financial wherewithal to afford Land Rovers for employees.

There's No Ho Like Coho
There's No Ho Like Coho
a T-shirt I should have bought.

Federal Building 1936
Federal Building 1936
Not the most typical color for a federal building.

Henry Morgenthau 1936
Henry Morgenthau 1936
plaque at the Federal Building, Ketchikan, Alaska

Erin in Ketchikan
Erin in Ketchikan
At the edge of downtown

Mabuhay DJ Grocery
Mabuhay DJ Grocery
in downtown. I hazard a guess the grocery store was supported by crew members of the various cruise ships - ours for instance, was staffed probably 90 percent by Indonesians and Filipinos.

Tatsuda IGA
Tatsuda IGA
grocery store in Ketchikan, Alaska. Went in with Aunt P, but didn't take any photos inside. The only unusual thing I noticed was how many cans of salmon were available, at various price points.


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Is that dog on the right wearing sunglasses?

Yes, he was. You can tell better in the larger version

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