Day 33

No rain! No clouds! And I mean NO clouds, not even white ones. It would be a perfect day to get a view of Mt. McKinley but now we’re not in an area where we could see it. Bummer!

We left Palmer and headed to Valdez. This was a drive that should not be missed. If you ever come to Alaska, you need to take this highway. It was some of the most beautiful scenery we’ve seen. We started out with meadows, lakes & rivers then thick forests all surrounded by snow capped peaks. The closer we got to Valdez, the more beautiful it was – just jaw dropping beauty. There were gorgeous glaciers and tall, flowing waterfalls – almost too much to take in. The Alaska Pipeline also appeared and disappeared along the way.

There were 3 RV parks in town near the bay but we stopped a city park just outside of town. It turned out to be the best one of all. It was surrounded by trees and the trailer sites were huge. When we went into town, we saw that the others were more like parking lots – we did good. You just never know what you’re going to get with the parks. As I’ve mentioned before, the pictures and descriptions aren’t exactly the reality. As an additional perk, a lady comes in every morning with all kinds of coffees and breakfast items and she comes back in the evenings with ice cream. We haven’t seen that before.

Once we were set up, we jumped in Jerry’s truck and took a tour of downtown Valdez. It’s not as quaint or as pretty as Seward but has a nice harbor area. It started clouding up – I think we know what’s coming.