Ketchikan

TopazLover, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2008

Alaska Marine Highway is the ferry system from Bellinghoam to the whole of SE AK. Ketchikan is really the first stop in AK. you will probably stop in Prince Rupert in Canada, but depends on which ferry.

Food is reasonable, but carry snacks and drinks if you can. Get a stateroom. Yes, it is expensive but worth it.

Ketchikan is WET. It is also windy so prepare for sideways rain at times.

pm me if I can help.

babynurse2001 · Nov 9, 2008

Ketchikan is a great little town with a great little hospital. Always looking for nurses... It is wet here, the wettest city in North America, we get about 13 feet of rain per year. BUT if you can put up with the rain it is absolutely beautiful! The people are nice, a real community feel, a great place to raise kids.

The ferry from bellingham is very expensive but you can put your car on there and be here in 2 nights. You can get a stateroom but you can also just bring a sleeping bag and camp in the solarium up top, it's pretty cool. It is much cheaper to drive to Prince Rupert and ferry from there, it is only a six hour ferry ride from there so much more reasonable and you definitely don't need a state room. BUT the drive from Seattle to Rupert is very long so either way it takes some time.

You can PM me if you have any specific questions.

rnjls · Nov 12, 2008

Ketchikan is a great little town with a great little hospital. Always looking for nurses... .

I live in Indiana, but I always look at this Alaska board because I was born in Alaska, in fact, in the hospital in Ketchikan!! I would love to come back sometime and see it.