Ketchikan, Alaska

Another port town nestled along the Inner Passage.

Ketchikan, Alaska: July 31, 2008 - Day 25

August 6th 2008
What's hot: Totem poles What's not: Cruise fatigue Travel lesson of the day: Take the local bus. from Kathy: Ketchikan is one of the rainiest cities in North America, with more than 160" of precipitation annually. Giant slugs and giant vegetation and sagging porches are testament to the humidity. We arrived at 6 a.m. to grey dr ... read more

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Connolly US Road Trip

About the Connolly US Road Trip: Welcome. To view our blog entries, scroll to the bottom of this screen. To learn more about us, read this first: We are a mom (Kathy) and a dad (Paul), and a reluctant 18-year-old son (JJ), and a 15-year-old son in pursuit of Ultimate Scrabble (Scott) who traveled from Connecticut to the West Coast of the US and Alaska and the Yukon in the summer of 2008. For each of us a certain type of quest took place. Paul wanted his hands on the steering wheel all the way across country and back again. For Kathy, this trip was all about getting the kids out of (what she... full info

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