Monday, June 6, 2016 Travel day to Valdez, AK
We had a wonderful breakfast made by the campground and
served by the owners. We told the owners
that we really enjoyed our one night stay and if given a chance we will stop
again and share his campground with everyone we know.
We also said our goodbyes to Jim and Terry but we are going
to meet up with them in 10 days.
The road from Tok to the junction of the Richardson Highway
which is about 120 miles was pretty rough but not as bad as it was to Tok the
other day. It only took us 3 hours. Once we turned onto the Richardson Highway
which leads us to Valdez the road improved but you still had to watch for areas
where the road is uneven. The scenery was pretty bland for the first 100 miles
and then it started to change and the last 40 miles were a big surprise. As we approached
Thompson Pass we could see Worthington Glacier. It was fairly close to the road
and we are planning on returning to get a closer look on one of our off days.
The Wrangel-St Elias mountain range in this area holds 9 of the 16 tallest
peaks in the US. As we traveled past the pass we entered Keystone Canyon where
we saw numerous beautiful waterfalls.
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