An uneventful several days. Left Seward on Monday am headed for Anchorage and a Tuesday am rear brake job on the Funmobile. (Probably shoulda had that done before we left Downers Grove. Would have been a WHOLE lot cheaper.).
Wednesday, started the trek back to Downers (via a somewhat round-about route. Went from Anchorage east to Glennallan AK then to Slana AK where we stayed at the Hart D Ranch.. Not a destination, just the only campgound in the area. Run by the widow of a professional trapper/hunter/Alaska adventure guide. Has lived at (and run by herself) the ranch/lodge for 60 some years and just put it up for sale for $800,000 if anyone is interested.
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| Matanuska Glacier east of Anchorage |
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| Looking for wildlife on a non-discript road near Slana AK |
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| No wildlife, but all of a sudden this HUGE mountain pops out of the clouds for just a few minutes. Later determined to be 16,000 ft Mt Sanford. |
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| General scenery of the area. |
Wednesday headed northwest from Slana towards Tok AK and then the Yukon via the ALCAN highway. Along the way spotted a very nice bull moose.
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After a brutal ride over about 40 miles of gravel (mud) highway reconstruction, turned south on the Haines Highway for an overnight at Kathleen Lake Yukon Territory
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| Evening hike along the lake shore. |
Tomorrow, heading down to Haines Alaska.
Good Night from Kathleen Lake
Brad & Val
Oh, boring travel days with monster moose and majestic mountains. Ho hum ;)
ReplyDeleteAnyone who has traveled with you knows the "trek back to DG" will not resemble anything close to a straight line! Enjoy the "return" trip : )
ReplyDeleteWe feel your "pain" as we constantly trek back and forth from the beach....in Hawaii, surviving the storm and hoping to get out in between hurricanes!
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