![morning totem, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s6vxaCtSXaNFNkY8WiX6ZbbkTg9MeLnfSaDW7vakMiWZKCOAW21Rkiym95AMTbhjX7B4kB2WV8Jz0KKSrvL6zPhpU461zbYivj6LuFLN_FjGYLSe-O3XD_TQ4ew79w6YAe9g=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_sUd1xfgTxGfZcb0SduDAjOoNNyEYYq_yGimSRJsuEt8W2Cqf2kr1etls8xOmMEo9_yuFZMu2rXrcacJJZtHJK__baTxsXgh8_1g5RpJ9JTucswpA6iy1wBPd6Z4v_axvbtKQ=s0-d)
A wing of the above totem.
![city view, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vnI5CBerbcwyhfC2cmMjuSGebKMSg9AuQvlFCStndB_8ASNrH-6RGK9jdkN35DtM_okS8oP_kPuGhsh6mMYmblwaFuPiZVB32emCHxa-rdrVCqyvzl6vgHtQqEIJ3Cxy_7sA=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_vw09rLOgqPCT2IzTipU8EojyX5LwjFEuX7oiiL77cEYwx7_jxhQGmxtx3JvxP8PGG4C1L9jGSCNHtyIp23cMrQVtgBOFh3zYJ8W5hanto7GkOC7Mb597rAqQoPRp_ePiy0kQ=s0-d)
Deer Mountain as seen from the ballpark.
![Ketchikan, Alaska, city logo on truck,](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t6fd98c-8TEgNvQ-FWVDr_8YNCE384e9rrD7uBMljFzqxn9x8wwXUpPa7G-sfpdV8qBVE5-8bSH7HYe9qiigjW8Pk2R8uhOa6xtXXUH95uDVIAFKc_bjx10h0VWje6yke0=s0-d)
Logo on truck, City of Ketchikan, Alaska
![phone booth and 24 hour parking](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vTmHJm68ELVyfZqzU7P0Gkb3Ex2zRpoZW-jghQw1HQjIJ--Wdt5ugie-Djv29AWg__AS1awoYRQpCcE6yK6E8d86xc7dLBlPxzdtwCx-igctQ1Tsb4DXd3CvVWCbB-WMr0Mw=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_tXzI5r2tXExU70MWou-zluXW6rx7ge1sX3pviSVZWUSnBeDxR3L0SUM-t1QqzgOx5TGjpNe4tPHIh6hPHHyzH3LpEq4zTJO88RQH5pjaeBqEU-GyAhj0bhJA3JYF1d8dz3=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_vTH2DAIPEd51G5IS_9QtRVHLJZAUli2VWSf1hZPnBryxbsQgIcJtn7DVkVYvVzlV-zozHUkphbKCQv61k64HvId9c37Yvf6LUsTTahPZhRzgpxNTfh7fKMjVaMfkdluI3EMA=s0-d)
Morning frost on Ketchikan Creek's King Salmon statue.
![festive lamppost, Ketchikan, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v-mvGkE150PIDa5TrQj4HHX8kh0gzRL6rB1pi5lbkjOP159EO4hX2jXANEerSoObaFLkg3Wq9R5Jv-Fw5Ee1qyMTeWIQCsC_FzcgY6hJt3aiEM9McF0AsLKQW5iyhYduIINA=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_tIOdAIk8quRZ_H0ZqMMYhQ5zbueeKg3bA6ceuPj-btallafYhwKJfc0xMrVxz-ip1cV6WaLiHQx7PAiwdvXA8JJ_2aPKpA8jq5xbqZz4bCg7OTspGRglwPe1Lt0_EfMrEm3w=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_ucu3CdpFZV4lIGk9ebw7cpD-Du4CVbPIJFpCmp3EhBlTgj1tq2tJxow7Uo2-oFn1j7eEpMGRoPtZr5-9WBBaOaWrUoHxVKRx8jyqREJ9fXL8To70DeJm3uV5TOevSVaqMDsg=s0-d)
Frost on moss!
![clam boy totem, Saxman, Alaska](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tJFXDQzY3k9Ydh_JWmHGhuZDzMRmMOm7jfjba07yOxxI98lNFAYsslFB2jDDSdY9R8NqbVFRzdvkAtc7QCO6Wk3dwTr-hoYRS_l0bjLQxB9UPRmf7hidZJzHxp-qrniJutiw=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_u7ymWjA0NycXTHTbbsSSz8YnOIDw6dlk83Ofdfi1Lc-9zUsP4QrRO6oywgWz-oZ1LwUskTaNqf7vYF5ret7u10Wt3qETulD4xpMuE9O5QLzCI-x-EzktqVjLvZCAJWhbQS=s0-d)
The sun sets on this scene and on my trip. I hope you enjoyed seeing a bit of it.