Valdez, Worthington Glacier, Salmon, and Bridal Veil Falls

   Nice camping spot at the foot of the Worthington Glacier. This along the highway to Valdez.  Many many glaciers in Alaska as there is lots of snow it seems every winter. It packs down and freezes and over and over again. Of course the global warming folks spin the gradual decline of these glaciers as human caused but tell me please, how is that possible in the last 2000 years it has been happening? Was it the Aleutian peoples, the Eskimos, or exactly who that caused the melts over many thousands of years as they claim?   More likely God caused.........

   The snow on Thompson Pass on the Richardson Highway northeast of Valdez is the snowiest place in Alaska, recording 551.5 inches (1,401 cm) of snow per year on average (according to wikipedia).

Posts line the highway near Thompson Pass.

These help snow plow drivers see where the side of

the roadway ends.  It was shut for 2 1/2 weeks in 2012 due to

record snowfall.

The drivers also use GPS to plow the snow in Winter! 

They cannot see during heavy snowfall.

Bridal Veil Falls- Richardson Highway

only one of many visible from the highway

Spectacular views

Pink Salmon at Valdez Hatchery

Foggy Valdez  Harbor

Silver Salmon going to spawning grounds....

This is the Smorgasbord-All You Can Eat

for Brown Bears

Yes there is a Bald Eagle in the tree

Also All You Can Eat for the Birds

Back North to Glennallen -a true 

Self-Service gas station

If you can find it at $3.01 /gallon US

The Trip on the Richardson Highway to and from Valdez is likely the most scenic and spectacular

that we have seen. 

Very well worth the many miles.