Thursday, June 16, 2016

Mile 125 Tok to Mile 60 Hart D Ranch

We are driving the Glenn Highway/Tok Cutoff today.....sun is shining....truck and coach has been rinsed off and several layers of dirt and rock have been removed.


Sourdough Campground Cash Wash


We are cleaner


Super highway today


Not for long....Follow Me


Well Captain...no rain


The Mentasta Mountains


Part of the Alaska Range

Mentasta Summit elev. 2,434 feet


Breakfast stop


Snow covered Mount Sanford  elev. 16,237 feet


Mount Sanford is in the Wrangell Mountains...1 of Alaska's 10 highest peaks


Magnificent views of the Wrangell Mountains


Slana Post Office on Nabesna Road


Hart D Ranch for this evening....4 sites

Nabesna Road is 1 of only 2 road accesses to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and we are taking a Truck trip to see the sights.  The road runs 40 plus miles one way and the scenery is spectacular....


Part of it is paved....rest gravel


Crossing dry stream beds


And some with water


One Lane Bridge











Devil's Mountain Lodge


With a air strip and bush planes


Time to turn around Captain








With a stop at Sportsmen's Paradise for a beer
Owner Doug said it was the first he had sold in a week


Saw a Moose with twins....able to get picture of one

Day 32.....no rain.....sunshine......we have traveled 4,349 miles.  It's been a great day in Alaska....

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