Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Hanging with the locals


It is always best to leave the tourist crowd behind and spend some time with the locals when traveling. I asked Brewster what was new and exciting in Ketchikan and he said "you." It seems that our visit and the spawning salmon were the most interesting things happening in the southern Alaska panhandle that day. We bumped into a shop owner who moved from Chicago to Ketchikan about 20 years ago, the winters are warmer in Ketchikan then they are in Chicago and there is no traffic.
TR

4 comments:

  1. "the winters are warmer in Ketchikan then they are in Chicago and there is no traffic"

    oh great - this statement could severly impact both Chicago and Ketchican after the initial migration

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  2. Wow, these look like your ancestral peeps!

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  3. Anonymous9/24/2008

    That salmon has a crazy look in his eye, one of those "Oh look, a bite size bird snack".

    Watch your back.

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  4. I'll be the first to lead the exodus from the heartland to Alaska. Anywhere with a sparse population of humans would be great right about now.

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