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This is a diary of where we are, where we were and what we are doing. Check out the older posts unfortunatly I am slower putting up the pictures than Margaret is writing the blogs Colin :)
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Good News!
The guys left at 6:00 AM for Wassila. They got there no problem and the fellow at the dealership was ready to start right away. He told Ed it would take 2 hours and he would be on his way. They did some running around while they waited and before they knew it the dealership called to let them know the truck was done.......Best of all.....No Charge! It was a power train warranty item.
When they got back to the trailers we packed up quickly and were back on the way to Valdez. We stopped to look at one glacier which came quite close to the road. Then about 40 miles outside of Valdez we stopped at the Worthington Glacier State Recreation Area. A short walk took us right to the bottom of the Glacier. It was quite Spectacular. The colour was amazing! There were people standing right underneath the edge of the ice and about 5 minutes after everyone cleared away, a huge chunk of ice fell off. “Note to Self” Don not stand under the Glacial Ice....could be hazardous to ones health!
The Richardson Highway coming into Valdez is beautiful, Huge mountains, canyons, sheer rock cliffs and endless waterfalls that look like white ribbons coming down the mountain faces. I hope when we leave it is nicer weather so we can get some pictures.
We continued on to Valdez and parked for the night at the Allison Point Camp ground facing out onto the water across the Bay from Valdez. Just a parking area really and only $10.00 but I would not recommend this spot in Pink Salmon Spawning Season. (NOW) The road leading to the park runs along the shore line which is littered with thousand of dead Salmon that have spawned. There are areas where they are over a foot think along the shore. The seagulls take care of some of these, but the smell of rotting dead fish is horrendous!! It seems such a shame but I guess that is nature.
When they got back to the trailers we packed up quickly and were back on the way to Valdez. We stopped to look at one glacier which came quite close to the road. Then about 40 miles outside of Valdez we stopped at the Worthington Glacier State Recreation Area. A short walk took us right to the bottom of the Glacier. It was quite Spectacular. The colour was amazing! There were people standing right underneath the edge of the ice and about 5 minutes after everyone cleared away, a huge chunk of ice fell off. “Note to Self” Don not stand under the Glacial Ice....could be hazardous to ones health!
The Richardson Highway coming into Valdez is beautiful, Huge mountains, canyons, sheer rock cliffs and endless waterfalls that look like white ribbons coming down the mountain faces. I hope when we leave it is nicer weather so we can get some pictures.
We continued on to Valdez and parked for the night at the Allison Point Camp ground facing out onto the water across the Bay from Valdez. Just a parking area really and only $10.00 but I would not recommend this spot in Pink Salmon Spawning Season. (NOW) The road leading to the park runs along the shore line which is littered with thousand of dead Salmon that have spawned. There are areas where they are over a foot think along the shore. The seagulls take care of some of these, but the smell of rotting dead fish is horrendous!! It seems such a shame but I guess that is nature.