Anchorage to Valdez

After we finally washed our motorhome,we left Anchorage and went to Palmer. We visited a maskox-farm and drove the Tracker up to the Hadger Pass and an old mining town, a beautiful drive.Sunday night was Icecream social at the campground and we met some other campers.
Monday we went to the Matanuska Glacier.We stayed at the state campground a few miles away in the woods.The next morning we took the Tracker and drove the steep road down to the glacier entrance station. The Glacier is about 2 miles wide and 27 miles long,it was just fantastic to look at . Now we took both a skipole and jacket and started down the rugged and very difficult trail all the way down to the foot of the glacier. The way was marked with orange cones,and you had to find the best way to get to the next one without getting in to mud,water or black Ice,wich is very dangerous.I was a little scared sometimes and thought of turning back,but we came already so far,we wanted to make it all the way.The Ice was getting more solid now and we had to be very carefull. We made it to the point ,where a guided group put their spikes under their boots to continue.We looked back up,our car looked like a machbox at the rim,but looking over the Glacier,it was such a great feeling to have made it this far.But now it was time to turn back.
As you see,we made it back allright,the hike had taking us about 2,5 hours. We went back to the camp,had some lunch and drove all the way to Valdez,since the RV-park we wanted to stop was all closed up.It was a nice drive especially through the canyons just before Valdez.Today we walked through the city,along the harbor,hiked up the hill to the lookout and drove to the old Valdez,wich was completly destroyed in 1964 by an strong earthquake.Tomorrow we will be on the road again.