The longest drive of the tour so far. We started around 8 from Valdez and drove close to 425 miles to reach Anchorage. Great drive though with beautiful views of Keystone canyon and multiple glaciers including Worthington glacier and Matanuska glacier. Could get close to both of them and it was evident that both faced the same effects of climate fluctuation that we saw earlier at Exit glacier. Worthington is expected to be the last man standing though.
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| Kuskulana Bridge - walking the plank |
The highlight of the day was the drive to
Kuskulana river bridge through
Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. The bridge overlooks a 250 ft canyon. We had to drive 18 miles post Chitina through a gravel road to reach the bridge. Well worth the effort and risk though. And to think that the one lane planked bridge didnt have guard rails till the 90's!!
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| View from Glenn Hwy |
Crashed as soon as we checked into the hotel. Should have checked in at an earlier place like
Copper Landing or Palmer. Few miles too many.
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