Getting Out in Ketchikan

On Labor Day September 3rd, after sleeping for a few hours we got our first chance to get out and see the island. We went to a sale at Tongass, the local outfitter and bought some rain gear for Maren and Collin. We then headed south along the highway that goes through Saxman and Herring Cove. Twelve miles south of Ketchikan we hit the end of the road. Here is where Ketchikan gets it's power. Water drains through what looked like a 48 inch pipe from a lake up the mountain and runs a hydroelectric generator and this is where we get our power.

On the way back we spotted this waterfall, just a sample of the amount of rain that Ketchikan gets. Since our arrival last week he have not seen a day where we didn't get at least some rain.

From there we drove north of town and went hiking up Brown Mountain trail.

(The picture shows us coming down)

We walked to the end of he board walk, which is not the top. From there the trail became muddy and we weren't prepared with the proper foot wear. I would like to return since the view, so I was told, is amazing.

I did shoot this picture from the board walk. It is hard to believe that we are on an island