Truck trip to Copper Center to investigate the history of the Trail of '98 (1898) which came from Valdez over the glaciers down from the mountains and joined with the Eagle Trail to Forty Mile and Dawson City.
300 miners crossed the glaciers in the winter which took a month to cover 26 miles and then another 60 miles or so to Copper Center. They spent the rest of the winter in Copper Center and most never made it to Dawson City.....Many suffered with scurvy and died.
Kenny's Lake RV Park
The hotel
Salmon fishermen lined up on Klutina River
Captain likes the green rig
Population 297 in Copper Center
Sourdough Pancakes with Blueberry/Rhubarb Sauce
Old Town Copper Center Restaurant with the locals
George J Ashby Memorial Museum
What about this pressure cooker
Trail of '98 Museum
Free admission, but donations are appreciated
Chapel on the Hill was built in 1942
The log Chapel on the Hill is on private property...no visitations
Fish Wheel at the Wrangell-St. Elias Visitor Center
Ahtna Cultural Center
Park's Museum which was interesting
Visitor's Center.....impressive place
Excellent view of the pipeline
Wrangell Mountains
With clouds today
Willow Lake
Kenny Lake is located between Mile 1 and 17 on the Edgerton Hwy
Have a truck....plant flowers
Kenny Lake is a farming community with about 400 people. They raise produce for the area and you see hay fields.
Day 38.......4,635 miles in the coach......can't say how many in the truck.....
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