Ketchikan for Grandma Kay

The last week and a half we spent in Ketchikan memorializing my husband's grandmother, Kay. While we were there, we were able to enjoy some beautiful, sunny, and warm weather.

Grandpa Don and Grandma Kay's view from the cemetery

Siblings

As it was likely my last trip to Ketchikan, we made the most of it and finally got me out to Misty Fjords National Monument on a flightseeing tour with the amazing Misty Fjords Air & Outfitting.

Landing in Rudyerd Bay

Rudyerd Bay

Punchbowl

Eddystone Rock

Ketchikan from the air

While we were there, my husband was able to hang out with both his sisters. The evening of Grandma's memorial service we all went to Refuge Cove Beach to watch the sunset (it is known by the locals as Sunset Beach).

Photo by Andrew Gichard

Photo by Andrew Gichard

Photo by Andrew Gichard

Photo by Andrew Gichard

Photo by Andrew Gichard

Photo by Andrew Gichard

The last full day we were in town we went back to Ward Lake to hike around the lake. It was a great way to end such a trip.

Ketchikan has definitely grown on me and left a special place in my heart. It is a wonderful, unique town that I will miss.

Saying goodbye to Ketchikan

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Grandma Kay

April 23, 2014 Grandma Kay passed away. Kay was my husband's grandmother, but is the woman who helped raise him.

She was of Russian Aleut descent, the youngest of twelve children, and an amazing woman, who will be greatly missed.

Andrew and Grandma at our wedding in 2005

Grandma on her deck

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