Another
beautiful travel day as we journeyed 246 miles from Denali RV Park to Golden
Nugget RV Park in Anchorage.
Leaving Denali |
Talkeetna Mountains |
We
made a quick stop at Hurricane Gulch, elevation 1732 and took a few pictures,
but the bridge didn’t leave room for foot traffic and signs posted told us to
stay off! The 550 foot deck of the bridge
is 260 feet above Hurricane Creek. White Yarrow and Fireweed still in bloom
were present there as well.
Hurrican Gulch |
Alaska Fire Weed |
Another area surrended with greenery |
We
passed over and alongside many rivers, streams and RR crossings. At one RR crossing there was a “solar
collector” (panels) that help power the warning signals.
The
next stop was at the Alaska Veterans Memorial, an alcove and semicircle of five
20-foot-tall concrete panels, one for each branch of service. Panels and plaques also memorialize the
Alaska National Guard, the Merchant Marine, the Submariners—victims of the Air
Force C-47 crash on nearby Kesugi Ridge in Feb. 1954—and other memorials.
Alaska Veterans Memorial |
Some of the folks in our Adventure Caravan group stopped at Talkeetna, a nice little historic town with a unique blend of old-time Alaska and modern tourist destination, but we did not take the time to as we would have had to disconnect and drive in by car and we didn’t want to take the time.
We continued on through Willow, where the Iditarod Race restarts on Sunday after the ceremonial beginning in Anchorage on the first Saturday in March. Between Willow and Nome, they are on the trail for 1,049 miles.
In our little pod of 3 RVs, we rarely miss an ice cream stop, so Miller’s Place in Houston was our afternoon break!
Joan & Rita going for the ice cream |
Our last stop before reaching Anchorage was at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Headquarters in Wasilla, where we viewed historical displays on the Iditarod, a video of the race and dogs, and saw some summer cart rides with an Iditarod musher and dog team.
More views of the Chugach Mountains came into view as we neared Anchorage.
After a fun Social next to our Wagonmaster’s
rig, we spent a relaxing evening at “home”!
Sled Dogs at the Race Iditarod Headquarters |
More views of the Chugach Mountains came into view as we neared Anchorage.
Chugach Mountains |
Submitted by Rig # 16
Nancy & Dan |
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