Friday, June 30, 1989
Lupines, anemone, Bog Rosemary
200 K speed –
9:40 leaving Paxton Lodge.
9:43 views of the other end of Alaska Range. Snow in pockets. Graceful paved road swinging around hills. 9:53 climbing top Arctic tundra 20 kinds wildflowers. View 40 potholes
10:30 turn around 212- view of Galkona Glacier.
10:45 view of pipeline.
10:48 back to Paxton- Glen Allen 744 265
10:52 Paxton Lake
11:16 Far below us vast area forest dotted with lakes. Hogan Hill. mile 213 Pond lilies stop. 11:27
11:41 Poplar Creek miniature drunken Forest. Galkana River dominates this drive.
11:50 crossing Gulkana River. Ahtna Corporation lands- $10 fishing permits available.
Noon view of Wrangell Peaks
12:02 Glen Allen ice cream truck stop
12:15 Glen Allen-Glenn Highway 187 mets anchor junk yards around cabins. Flowers along road. Red flags at sides warn if a frost ridges.
12:40 Tazlina Lake from Tazlina Glacier
12:47 On Pond 2 swans (Tazlina tourist trap lodge.) Tazlina Glacier Caribou Crossing in Chugach mountains- (gas $1.39 a gallon)
1:20 Eureka Summit
1:21 Gunsight Mountain elevation 6,141. Lunch- Sheep Mountain Lodge
2:35 hog pics [illegible]
2:45 View of Matanuska Glacier to north. Twisty road-driving along glacier & morains
2:54 Mile 104 – pix Matanuska Glacier at mile 102. Can drive to glacier face. Mile 94 – 6 min. Stopped – why? Truck lost bulldozer.
3:30 Raining during descent – has been sunny all day until now-
3:30 King Mt.
3:48 rain stopped. Sun out King River. A66 milepost.
4:10 Matanuska Valley & Palmer – A-41 Taking old Glenn Highway at Artic Ave.
4:12 Crossingh of Matan River
4:17 View of Pioneer Peak & Knick Glacier.
4:21 Glenn Highway- vast plains – marsh – Ekutt on flats. Wild Iris fields.
4:467 Crossing Eagle River – Anchorage 13 miles. Traffic lanes full both ways coming in on Rt. 1
5:15 Home
30699-29677 = 1,022 +180 in park – 1202 miles total.
Letter from Willis [Nye?] Nap – pizza.