{"id":2703,"date":"2023-06-16T17:06:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T00:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2023-06-21T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T00:07:54","slug":"ketchikan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/?p=2703","title":{"rendered":"Ketchikan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jay cashed in one of his birthday coupons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a great overnight ferry ride, we arrived in Ketchikan under blue skies. The forecast for the rest of our time there was for ugly weather (heavy rain, high winds, low temperatures) so we made the most of our one beautiful day. <\/p>\n

We kicked things off with a hike at Settler\u2019s Cove. We enjoyed exploring the lush rainforest and rocky beach. <\/p>\n

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After finishing our hike, we made our way downtown. At the waterfront we gawked at the huge cruise ships and the thousands of passengers. Our walking tour included all the Ketchikan high points: Creek Street, the Waterfront Promenade, Totem Poles, etc.<\/p>\n

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Creek Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Throngs of cruise ship passengers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ketchikan Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next day was wet, windy and cold as predicted and so as a birthday treat we checked into a nice hotel where we luxuriated in the extra space and warmth and appreciated the wifi. Jay donned the hotel robe and declared that he felt like a king.<\/p>\n

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It’s good to be king<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next day we celebrated Jay\u2019s 12th birthday! After presents and far too much junk food and screen time, we checked out of the hotel and made our way to the aquatic center. The birthday boy had a great time joining the other kids for swimming, jumping off the diving board and whooshing down the water slide. <\/p>\n

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The happy birthday boy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Waterslide!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We ended the day at the Great Alaska Lumberjack show, where we all hooted and hollered as we cheered for the competing lumberjacks. Jay even won an autographed postcard for being one of the most enthusiastic audience members. Fun for all! <\/p>\n

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Next up is the three hour ferry ride to Prince of Wales Island, where we will explore for a week. As Jay says, \u201cnew island, new adventures!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a great overnight ferry ride, we arrived in Ketchikan under blue skies. The forecast for the rest of our time there was for ugly weather (heavy rain, high winds, low temperatures) so we made the most of our one beautiful day. We kicked things off with a hike at Settler\u2019s Cove. We enjoyed exploring … Continue reading Ketchikan<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chopchopbillygoat.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}