Then - Tuesday Morning - up and at it to run back up from Anchorage to Beaver Creek.
We had seen most of this before - except for the stretch from Tok to the border. But - the 1st major highlight was the Matanuska Valley - which includes an amazing river and mountains - and oh - did I remember to mention - the huge bloody Matanuska Glacier?(!!)?
Looking Down from the Glenn Highway at the Matanuska River
Looking Down from the Glenn Highway at the Matanuska Glacier
Looking Down from the Glenn Highway at the Matanuska Valley East of Glacial Fan Creek
Looking at Mt. Stanford and Mt. Wrangell from near the Tok Junction. I would have to say - this was as good as the Matanuska Glacier - these are HUGE mountains - very impressive. When you are headed the other direction - I think you miss how impressive this is. I think if we had spent a bit of time looking for the best vantage points - this might have been the winner of the day.
Then - a few pictures to give you a another peak at it.
Coffee time in Palmer
Mt. Stanford and Mt. Wrangell from near the Tok Junction
Mt. Stanford and Mt. Wrangell From Just Past the Tok Junction
A few bike road remarks. I loved the last few days. I lot of fun riding - some of it challenging - fast sweepers, tight corners, and some very challenging road conditions - big frost heaves and transitions to gravel sometimes without much warning. In my younger more adventurous days - I would have had a couple of nuts-in-your-throat moments for sure. But - I was moving at a fast touring pace - not a full-on sport-touring pace - and had no close calls - all though the nuts did head north a couple of times (nothing to worry about Mom, I am being careful).
This really is fantastic country - and you should come and see it!
Oh - not a drop of rain today! We never got rained on hard - BUT - this is the first completely rain free day since we left Dawson City! The gods like to rain on my bike days!
One last thing - I had to put on my cleanest dirty shirt today (Wed). Gonna need a laundry day - hopefully later today in Haines Junction.
Very cool Alex!
ReplyDeleteWill you be eventually heading south on 37? If so a jog along 37A to the Bear Glacier is kinda interesting. There's gas in Stewart if you need a full up.
Have fun!
Glenn
Hi Glenn, yup, we are going down 37 to Prince RUpert - and then taking the ferry to Price hardy to bypass the fires. We are in Whitehorse for scheduled maintenance,and if we make good time out of here - we will have a look at Bear Glacier! Thanks for the tip.
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