Kennicott Glacier Lodge Glennallen

... Station, but they no longer have the passport stamp that was on Jim's list. We then parked at the footbridge, and walked across to catch the shuttle van. From the schedule posted, it looked like we had just missed the 2:00 pm shuttle, so we decided to walk into McCarthy. We purchased a shuttle ticket and checked out the town (one short block) while waiting for the van.<br><br>We caught the 3:00 shuttle and rode to St. Elias Alpine Guides in ...

... to a few movies and a card shuffler. Riley is a garage sale enthusiast and loves tagging along. The nice thing is that generally you can park in one spot and walk to several sales so we were not constantly getting her in and out of her carseat. After a while, though, she grows weary and is ready to head for home, usually with some prize possession to show off to Dad.<br><br>We pulled out about 11:30 AM and had a pleasant enough drive to Tolsona. Shortly ...

... to take pictures. <br><br>Drove down Lake Louise Road to get a view of Tazlina Glacier but too hazy to see it. <br><br>The mountain views were hard to capture because of the haze from the fires and the low clouds. <br><br> It was a slow drive because of road work, lots of gravel sections, and frost heaves. Some spots ...

... dealing with wildfire smoke that's been hanging around the Anhorage area for some time now and driving those folks crazy. We are very happy to be away from that and the pictures we took of Matanuska Glacier give you some idea of how vast this Glaciated Area is. We're settled in at Northern Nights after a very long driving day (341 mi) and we hope you enjoy the pictures of the past few days. See you in Valdez.<br><br>

... pavement ends: Drive at your own risk. So, I'm glad I didn't drive my own van.<br><br>My destination was the tiny town of MCcarthy and the abandoned mine and town of Kennicott. Kennicott used to be a thriving and profitable copper mine, but was abandoned in 1938. The Park Service eventually acquired the mine and is in the process of restoring some of the buildings. <br><br>I almost ran into Barbara Steps (daughter of Richard and ...

... to reach the glacial edges of Wrangell. We had a nice relaxing first evening there... just wandering around the area near McCarthy... hunting around the dry river beds for small smooth rocks with interesting formations, looking at some of the huge boulders that had perfect cracks through them, like some giant had squeezed them until they cracked... I suppose similar to the way gl*********s when you put just enough pressure on it (as opposed to when it shatters ...

... It's a strange place here in the middle of nowhere. We stayed in a little cabin at the road's end, but the actual town of McCarthy is one mile on the other side of the Chitna River, only accessible via a walking bridge and small dirt road. The old mining town of Kennicot is another five miles down the dirt road accessible only by a shuttle service - old passenger vans that ferry visitors back and forth for five ...

... some direction to my day. It became clear that the cup of coffee that I craved was not to be had on this side of the Kennicott River. Other than a tire repair shop, everything was closed for the season. My first discovery was that the hamlet of McCarthy was not located at the end of the road, as I thought, but one kilometer beyond the footbridge across the Kennicott River. While my ultimate destination, the Kennicott Glacier, was 6 miles further ...

... I knew nothing about the park including its name. So after Valdez this is where I am heading. --------------------------------------- ------------------- Valdez, AK September 20, 2007 The next morning I returned to Prince William Sound College for some more blogging. I knew I was in a college and not a university when I overheard the following conversation: "where is your girlfriend?" "what do you mean, girlfriend!" "I saw you touching her ...