Cruise Alaska (Part 4) Ketchikan

Ketchikan was our last port in Alaska and it was raining..  Which is no surprise as they get 153 inches of rain (or snow) a year... Coming from the desert where we get an average of 6 inches a year, that is a HUGE difference!.. We didn't have anything planned for there so just ate breakfast at a little hole in the wall and wandered around. We did get a few more souvenirs for the kids and then went back to the ship.. 

Salmon Capital of the World

Foggy and rainy

Other cruise ships

Raging river.. Taken from the window in a Tlingit museum where we were hiding from the rain

Ivory carvings

Wolf skin.. there was lots of wolf rugs and animal skins that you could buy..

Statue in the harbor with our ship in the back.

Did you know that Alaska was bought for 7.2 million dollars and was thought to be a foolish purchase?? Well it has since paid back that many times over as that estimated to be approximately 2 cents an acre. We always hear about how BIG and awesome Texas is, but did you know that Alaska is 2.3 times BIGGER?! If you cut Alaska in half each half would still be bigger than Texas making it the 3rd largest state.. I found that quite interesting, and in fact would have bought this t-
shirt if I would have found one!