KETCHIKAN — Inda Lou Schell’s soft Southern accent stands out in Alaska, but her small-town roots helped her fit in as she made Ketchikan her home for the month of October, part of her year-long, cross-country road trip in the footsteps of famous travel author Charles Kuralt.
Schell, 78, started the adventure on Jan. 1 with her younger sister, Janie Gass. Although Gass had to bow out midway through the trip because of health problems, Schell continued, visiting 11 parts of the country and staying about a month in each.
