This is a picture of several things. To the Right of the tug is The Cedars Lodge, which is one of the lodges that I work for. Behind that is the concrete bypass. This is where Max and I spend our morning run. If you follow it to the right you will end up at our house down in the valley between the two mountains shown. 
This is a picture of Creek Street. Ketchikan started as a fish camp right here on this creek. In it's earliest days this was a red-light district. The trail at the end of this street is called the Married Man's trail and is named after the pathway that could be taken to disguise the visitors to all of the brothels. Most of these buildings have trap doors in the bottom of them which were used during the prohibition era for smuggling alcohol from Canada. 
This baseball field was exactly where Reid's office sits now, on piling. This was the only flat spot available for baseball and could only be played on when the tide was out. If a ball was hit so far that an outfielder could not swim to retrieve it, a home run was called. This area was eventually dredged to make a harbor for fishing boats and is now called Thomas Basin. Reid's office sits right over home plate. 
While being one of the oldest bars in Ketchikan, I did not include this picture to talk about bar hopping. I thought this picture illustrated well the "unique" building style that is very very common here. 
This last picture is at Totem Bight State Park. The totem and clan house are both replicas built by and maintained by the state, but they are a great example of the historic architecture that is all around us. Ketchikan has the world's largest totem pole collection at Saxman Native Village. We have some friends that were actually married in the clan house in this picture. Anyway, I just thought I would share a few pictures that I have been using for work lately. Enjoy!
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