Alaska Road Trip Days 16 and 17

Tuesday, 2 September

113 miles

Went kayaking from Valdez out to the Columbia glacier. Had a 2-hour boat trip out there and back
Getting all geared up. I have never kayaked with that much stuff on haha
Landed. Getting kayaked up
Here’s where we are headed. It looks pretty close but it’s really not
In a kayak with August, one of the guides, so I got to take a video while he paddled hehe
So much ice on these waters
We sat in front of the face and watched for a calving event for quite a while
Calving event, zoomed way in
Lauren took a picture of me and Goofball
Taking off. Can finally take off all this gear!!
This was on the boat heading away. We explored the bit off to the left
Cutest rabbit at the food truck where I got this for dinner
Massaman. Yummy
This is the group I used for the kayak tour. They were awesome!
Just a teeny local creek…
Salmon everywhere!
Drove past the original town site on the recommendation of August
So cool how nature has just taken over since the earthquake in 1964
Horse tail falls
Neat unfinished railroad tunnel
Worthington Glacier
I hiked up to the trail end but it was just a viewing platform and I really wanted to touch it so I kept going
Looking back down
Sat on a big boulder and enjoyed the scenery
The scenery 😁
This was as close as I got before it looked too precarious and turned back
Bonus waterfall on the way down
I’m sad that I didn’t get to touch it. Such a beautiful place and felt so tantilizingly close

Wednesday, 3 September

Alaska and Yukon…353 miles. Mostly a travel day.

Started at the Wrangell-St Elias visitor center and a short hike in the area
Usually these mountains are shrouded in clouds!
Beautiful boreal forest

Driving along Highway 1

Incredible fall colors!

Crossed the border (took almost an hour!) while talking to my fam on our weekly Boggle call. Driving through the Yukon wasn’t as painful this time because there weren’t any work crews to worry about.

Stunning sunset for about an hour of the drive!