ironz
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2003
Ketchikan--Saturday, May 27, 2017-- exploring on our own
We woke up to the most lovely day heading to Ketchikan! Having worked off and on in Ketchikan for about 6 years or so (in all seasons), I was prepared for normal Ketchikan weather, which is cloudy and drizzly. This was a gorgeous day--sunny and not very cold! Since all ashore time wasn't until 11:15 a.m., we didn't rush to get up too early. Had our usual breakfast at Cabanas and watched the scenery as we got closer to town. It was fun for me, because I could pick out landmarks of the island and know exactly where we were.
After breakfast, we got our running clothes on and were ready to go ashore as soon as we could. My DH was sweet enough to offer to run with me, so instead of my taking the flat path out towards the Saxman totem village, and his taking the hilly route over the 3rd Ave overpass, we both went for the hilly route. It works out ok, sometimes, for us to run together (he's fast and I'm notfast), for him to run ahead a little bit and double back.
The 'overpass road' is that hill with houses along it in the background of the two photos above.
We had a great run, with perfect running weather. The 1.3 mile Rainbird Trail can be accessed from the overpass, so we decided to go check it out. (one of the few places I hadn't been in KTN)
This is the view of downtown and the Wonder from the trail (and you can see 3rd Ave. just below the trail)
DH
I made him run back down the steep hill on Schoenbar Road after we finished doing the hike-- it's crazy steep, and not open in the winter due to ice/snow. No pics. I used to run up it (rarely) when I was there for work.
Cutting back through town, we used one of the "stair streets" to get to Water St. If you do the walking tour of Ketchikan (or just walk around), you can see these stairs-- they are actually designated streets, as they are the access point to some homes.
We then ran past the Ketchikan tunnel-- unique in that it's a tunnel you can drive through, around, or over, depending on where you are heading-- and back to the ship. All in all, I think we covered about 5 miles.
We grabbed lunch at Daisy Delights on our way to the cabin (I may have crammed an ice cream cone into my hungry mouth when we went by the ice cream station ).
We woke up to the most lovely day heading to Ketchikan! Having worked off and on in Ketchikan for about 6 years or so (in all seasons), I was prepared for normal Ketchikan weather, which is cloudy and drizzly. This was a gorgeous day--sunny and not very cold! Since all ashore time wasn't until 11:15 a.m., we didn't rush to get up too early. Had our usual breakfast at Cabanas and watched the scenery as we got closer to town. It was fun for me, because I could pick out landmarks of the island and know exactly where we were.
After breakfast, we got our running clothes on and were ready to go ashore as soon as we could. My DH was sweet enough to offer to run with me, so instead of my taking the flat path out towards the Saxman totem village, and his taking the hilly route over the 3rd Ave overpass, we both went for the hilly route. It works out ok, sometimes, for us to run together (he's fast and I'm notfast), for him to run ahead a little bit and double back.
The 'overpass road' is that hill with houses along it in the background of the two photos above.
We had a great run, with perfect running weather. The 1.3 mile Rainbird Trail can be accessed from the overpass, so we decided to go check it out. (one of the few places I hadn't been in KTN)
This is the view of downtown and the Wonder from the trail (and you can see 3rd Ave. just below the trail)
DH
I made him run back down the steep hill on Schoenbar Road after we finished doing the hike-- it's crazy steep, and not open in the winter due to ice/snow. No pics. I used to run up it (rarely) when I was there for work.
Cutting back through town, we used one of the "stair streets" to get to Water St. If you do the walking tour of Ketchikan (or just walk around), you can see these stairs-- they are actually designated streets, as they are the access point to some homes.
We then ran past the Ketchikan tunnel-- unique in that it's a tunnel you can drive through, around, or over, depending on where you are heading-- and back to the ship. All in all, I think we covered about 5 miles.
We grabbed lunch at Daisy Delights on our way to the cabin (I may have crammed an ice cream cone into my hungry mouth when we went by the ice cream station ).
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