Day 6
Ketchikan, AK
Cloudy 59
We arrived in Alaska's 4th largest city, Ketchikan around 7am. I say 4th largest lightly because there are only 15,000 people that live there. 
Lacey and I were very happy to see that they are considered the salmon capital of the world. We started out the day looking at all the shops, and there were definitely plenty to go around. This city had many totem poles dotted all around, and we went to the totem pole museum to learn about the history and traditions of the Tlingit Indians (pronounced KLING-kit). Tlingit translates in English to "people". The totem poles were really cool to see, and all of them in the museum were original. Most were used as mortuary poles, but some were for what we would consider as a large festival/party pole. They also had a few story poles with the 
most famous being about a raven that gave birth to the Tlingits (see picture). We then made our way back to the ship and we saw a sign telling about how Ketchikan has liquid sunshine, aka rain most of the year. As of June 16th they had nearly 100 inches of rainfall for the year, with October being their wettest month. In case you were wondering their wettest year on record was 202.55 inches 
in 1949. We then got on the ship took a nap, played some pub trivia, had dinner, and then played some name that tune in one of the many lounges....another wonderful day!
Lacey and I were very happy to see that they are considered the salmon capital of the world. We started out the day looking at all the shops, and there were definitely plenty to go around. This city had many totem poles dotted all around, and we went to the totem pole museum to learn about the history and traditions of the Tlingit Indians (pronounced KLING-kit). Tlingit translates in English to "people". The totem poles were really cool to see, and all of them in the museum were original. Most were used as mortuary poles, but some were for what we would consider as a large festival/party pole. They also had a few story poles with the 
most famous being about a raven that gave birth to the Tlingits (see picture). We then made our way back to the ship and we saw a sign telling about how Ketchikan has liquid sunshine, aka rain most of the year. As of June 16th they had nearly 100 inches of rainfall for the year, with October being their wettest month. In case you were wondering their wettest year on record was 202.55 inches 
in 1949. We then got on the ship took a nap, played some pub trivia, had dinner, and then played some name that tune in one of the many lounges....another wonderful day!
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