Last weekend I took a little "vacation" over to Ketchikan. I needed to get away (and put gas in my car, at least that was my excuse). The weather had been beautiful all week and Friday evening was perfect for camping-- clear, warm (50 degrees), and no wind. That all changed by Saturday afternoon, and that night can only be described as WET.
What I really needed was to explore, to move, to hike. So Saturday morning I took the Tongass highway North to the end of the road (about 18 miles from Ketchikan) and went on a nice, long hike-- Lunch Creek Trail. I started out at 8 AM and had the trail to myself for the whole 8 mile round trip. It was overcast, no rain, and the creek was raging from the melting snow up in the mountains. I got as far as I could go until I hit deep snow and found myself post-holing up a steep mountainside, not very pleasant. So I sat and breathed in the oxygen next to these beautiful falls before heading back down the trail, feeling refreshed and relaxed. I spent the rainy afternoon at one of my favorite "hangouts" in Ketchikan-- Parnassus Books. 
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