On the Road: Fairbanks to Valdez, Alaska

 

Thompson Pass, Chugach Mountains

 

This weekend we headed south on the Richardson Highway for Valdez, Alaska. Beautiful doesn’t even begin to describe this drive. So today I will let pictures do most of the talking. But I will note that we saw three mountain ranges, lots of wildlife (moose, caribou, bald eagles, and a wolverine), tons of snow, rushing rivers flanked by ice and snow, waterfalls, a canyon, and ended at the Valdez Arm which opens into the Prince William Sound, and eventually the Gulf of Alaska. In the course of our seven hour drive we had sun, rain, snow, and sun again. The day offered a little bit of everything, and I wouldn’t change a moment of it!

Moose, Black Rapids

 

Pipeline, Alaska Range

 

Thompson Pass, Chugach Mountains

 

Thompson Pass, Chugach Mountains

 

Caribou

 

Horsetail Falls, Keystone Canyon

 

Small Boat Harbor, Valdez

 

Alaska Range

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