“Alaska lulled me here on some sort of fantasy.” I thought as I ran up and down the hills of the residential streets. I pushed myself to scale them because I am trying to keep[…]
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Tag: Ketchikan
Song & Storytelling: The Events Before I Go
Act One: Five days before I flew away, Laura and I performed The Last Five Years. It took five minutes and a handshake to reserve the Arctic Bar patio. Tom Thompson donated the equipment. Brooke[…]
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“So This is Ketchikan,” (The First) Conversation in Alaska | 1 of 50
I texted Danielle- “Just landed!” at 4:05pm on Friday April 15th. “Okay! Slight change of plans. We will be picking you up with a boat as of right now. Some of us have to do[…]
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“This place is a vortex” Conversations in Alaska, 14 of 50
There’s a kid who works at the Doughnut shop/catch-all kiosk in the center of Salmon Landing, first floor. I think he’s there in the afternoons, as I scoot by with a cart full of salmonberry[…]
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Conversations in Alaska: “We saw where the glaciers used to be” 42 of 50
A wandering soul read my sign and said “Oysterman?” I laughed, dismissively. “Yep.” He said “Sounds like a super hero.” And a few minutes later he said “Have fun with the super hero” and walked[…]
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Summer in Alaska: The Town
Ketchikan is a small fishing town that became a tourist trap and cruise port. Ketchikan has the largest collection of preserved totem poles and boasts one Walmart, a frenetic salmon ladder at the end of[…]
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Summer in Alaska: The Tourists
Around the end of May, summer is in full swing here in Ketchikan. At 11am on any given Sunday or any other day you’re given, Historic Creek Street is a cluster of tourists, all standing[…]
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