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KETCHIKAN

 The Oceania Riviera arrived in Ketchikan to brilliant sunlight.  Next to our ship is the Regen Seven Seas Explorer again. Snow still on mountains. Simple lunch in the Terrace Cafe. At 12:30, this restaurant is usually so crowded that it is difficult to find a table. Why?  This is our last stop until we arrive in Vancouver in two days.  There are also 34 different tours.  Some years ago I might have gone halibut fishing.  On the other hand, pay them $600 to freeze?  Maybe not.   Then again, this red rockfish is the type caught in Ketchikan.  Today, I did nothing much except for the above and following. While my filming technique is a work in progress, here is perhaps my most boring:  departing Ketchikan. Ketchikan. Sunny the whole day, which, they say, is unusual.  Annual rainfall is 150 inches, and Ketchikan is nicknamed the  Rain Capital of Alaska .  Hawaii is annually 72 inches, although Mount Waialeale on Kauai re...