Showing posts with label Allison Point Campground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allison Point Campground. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2011

Valdez, AK to Kenny Lake, AK

We left Allison Point Campground this morning, and before heading back north, we stopped in town to take on some fuel.  The service station at Airport Road is the least expensive in the area and $.10 lower than in town, but still not what I would call a good price.  We had to go slow getting out of their lot as it has a lot of potholes in it.  We headed north on the Richardson Highway and stopped at Worthington Glacier which is at about milepost 29.  Here are 5 photos taken there…it still wasn’t too easy to get around there as there is still lots of snow on the walking trail.  It might be better for the next group as a group of young men wanting to hike on the glacier took the snow shovel and offered to actually use it to clear some trails.

Worthington-Glacier-1

 

Worthington-Glacier-2

 

Worthington-Glacier-3

 

Worthington-Glacier-4

 

Worthington-Glacier-5

 

At milepost 82.5, we headed east on the Edgerton Highway toward the Wrangell Mountains.

Eastbound-on-Edgerton-Highw

 

It wasn’t too long before Ken spotted this black bear.  It didn’t pose for photos too long before going back into the trees.

Bear-Front

 

Bear-Back

 

We got situated in our campsite, then took care of some of the household work that stacks up.  Before dinner, we drove up the Old Edgerton Highway to the Richardson Highway, then south to the Edgerton Highway and back to camp.  Ken pointed out this unusual trailer he saw on the way to camp earlier today.  It appears to be a single wide mobile home encapsulated with rocks attached as though they were bricks.  I guess it must be for the insulation factor.  While out on our drive, we also saw a trumpeter swan.

Rock-Trailer

And with that, we are back at the RV for dinner and relaxing.

 

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Sourdough Creek BLM Campground to Valdez, Alaska

This is our campsite at Sourdough Creek BLM Campground where we spent last night and started our travels from today.  The trip would be just under 150 miles to Valdez.

Sourdough-Creek-BLM-Campgro

We stopped at the Wrangell – St Elias National Park Visitor Center to get a photo of the Wrangell Mountains in the distance.  We had a beautiful day for the photo.

Wrangell-Mountains

How’s this for a close-up of a bald eagle?

Kens-Closeup-of-a-Bald-Eagl

After spending some time at the visitor center, we continued on our way and stopped at a turn out by Willow Lake for lunch.  What a fantastic view!

Lunch-at-Willow-Lake

Before getting to Valdez, we took a left on Dayville Rd to Allison Point Campground.  From where we’re parked we can view the ending point of the Alaska Pipeline.

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Apparently, the fishing isn’t good at this time, so we seem to have the entire campground to ourselves so far.  We took advantage of that, and parked sideways along the bay.

Allison-Point-Campground

This is our view across the bay.

A-View-Across-the-Bay

Tomorrow we’ll probably be checking into the glacier and wildlife cruise that is available here through our Alaska Toursaver Coupon Book.

Wildlife sightings for today included:  2 trumpeter swans, 1 caribou, 2 bald eagles (in addition to the photo above), and 2 (roadkill) porcupines.