![morning totem, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vkIO5oCKIot0pJvLxmD7oON1feapFoY7w27ifD6ZxfnIRkMrR3ZhLPW6UzkvUkuhdTKZD14cGpXoNdRVvrti6vBqK9UGaC_kegKYnYum3ZJw_EG0HgMEh6YkhLVe5q4UsFyA=s0-d)
Morning lights up the top figures of this totem in Ketchikan, Alaska. (scroll for more)
You might take another look at my
Thursday Thirteen from July, as well.
![totem wing, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sB8Ft3HViJbibFXD0HFX6EAD4N22LNHDmIh3qpGKv_8dlkRP4rGpwGYm5mCfkghfC4fCu5E7nJnocFUTwJ20K_im5cNNLjbRDivgAoW7oC-Me7OGK1875aV9gTaEbtTDzmZg=s0-d)
A wing of the above totem.
![city view, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vClTxMdIOPsYklF-MDRzbLyPOUh-pU698raYfQfaBbSuy2O8H6v0BimKA_SNh_5S0RoHG0aDhDZeM63_0KC835S6PFiJVtF1mPCcm3v13meFnk6_31U-v0_8BPKK_OEsBAuA=s0-d)
From the top of the stairs near The Tunnel, looking over downtown Ketchikan and at the cruise ship dock and down Tongass Narrows.
![Deer Mountain from ballpark, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uGkYLCEpQyTuCoOiDSqTLjGqPthO1shdlcUeZhwvhB4NtPQVJO12URqSOyVwYQrZnH7gfNIwKOLF6Hp8p5P8BTymPCFY_Yyrbfc0gXXOn9A--E0kVPrd9d2pglaX1VHUe-pw=s0-d)
Deer Mountain as seen from the ballpark.
![Ketchikan, Alaska, city logo on truck,](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uhZq_jV1DsJ3SINJBKb2BU9weI0Ey2YRPhOBLocOTY8r6Idis4ggcsPGkSvtyvHgByWtdYD3MPjsfeJXjC49cEIQg-g7yZNJ6mXK6pzzDCwJnW5V5fckLwUjZXut_iK6Nv=s0-d)
Logo on truck, City of Ketchikan, Alaska
![phone booth and 24 hour parking](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uyXkYx9iP1ox_rXWhprzJIdr0rp7l-i1vOvZ__7UjraD3Kf2KM06u0y4sqxR8ARlRxL3aKrRO6hcJxwaDlDWJ80BlRwzF9hRHLgJRebtEJGT8I9uxUF6Wg0zyHx24G8ECYDA=s0-d)
Two things rarely seen in NYC: a phone booth and 24 hour parking.
![the tunnel, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u6cUGyagw2t_4Iio_dU3tnWmIDuYK53o22xOnn-nZw7aLxbiymz_Tfer-Dmc1DMVWVuTWLjuBHkhLquLrydkc8RW02jg_Z8Q1GvP1ro7iuMc7Zgv8J4XUkLzClEGKm8Wmx=s0-d)
Yes, you can walk through the tunnel, besides drive through it. Stay on your side of the rail, please.
![frost on Ketchikan Creek fish statue, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tL20MyA3U0rL_IC4hGg59slOQW18pTgJNuRan9gmJ2PADAOM2MHZF3c-DZ-E0ehasL-vvN9oMJU0uBsEuu4BTwbNDjdJ2qzkNiOt8vHJMgYsoqruL1ArHhXN5tBrV8gzEANQ=s0-d)
Morning frost on Ketchikan Creek's King Salmon statue.
![festive lamppost, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v1ebOyT7MSxovwBwDMzszUCzLFSMgAKb7Qwy1qfeUmmtzPPGmvLuyadP2r23PXJ8jY5BP-qZDFBBNvMkdwpc95P5eCrJ5i1g9JB-TSVi1PDVXbRYiyBRNHSqJCofWMYB6Mgw=s0-d)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
![bumper sticker, Alaska Girls Kick Ass](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_szHY_4vmITJ3v_WbVXFuIdOTYoRuU10I1Wk_dz9VJLiBZC1R33BeuMfEX4fLsmjLOMeMG9Rq-RMgK278meWbfZgIycFSFdhevYxqZ73ieOm8SOPKUQO39c57d_Lu_QysQuXQ=s0-d)
As the bumper sticker suggests, "Alaska Girls Kick Ass". (license altered)
![moss on frost, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vrYnaDE1-_4sbaCAZ2UdvUAk0SELy_UXaQQpT_BrrmyFfPc-SXJDdnp0OWDOStWH_gX7AcOq9GS6LJYRlKz5wukuDaRBJSF4uRmDnwHimjkLDAMTSih4e7K0N76QpO482pBA=s0-d)
Frost on moss!
![clam boy totem, Saxman, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t8NFsnIbRwgeRT_yt1SU0gH_lpvHKeYARf9-2C5bgVJv2_IryY6xijorniLkNo2w8ESx9n1KvBN9GPRHzFtKMVVabjkDnSYc6x-MtaZMU1WEUn2cdaEA6XILY4RLRUSF4rOQ=s0-d)
The famous totem with the boy stuck in a clam...at Saxman, Alaska.
![sunset, Kasaan Bay, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vNcTk9uiSTqTYRITCPi_6LGT6oGIzeFrPaBTKSAJz53uRfJxcfp_ZSO0oyWoVwBdtmuBrFR1QjTfrWd3881jR81wEOlzYlP5PgPsy8gTPcO1tJrp46u8X2YOKc78v7mAfi=s0-d)
The sun sets on this scene and on my trip. I hope you enjoyed seeing a bit of it.