The drive north of Haines Junction continued with high snow capped Mt's. Stopped for a hike with our little bells on, were able to see the dahl sheep high on a steep hillside. Their lambs are only 2 weeks old, so they stay high to protect against predators. We were thrilled to see our very first grizzles just meandering along the access road, got quite a bit of attention. Another young one about 5 Min's. later on the side of the road. Much of this area is desolate, businesses closed and boarded up.
6 miles after crossing into Alaska is the Tetlin Wildlife Refuge. Absolutely breathtaking. Great visitors center and one of the best campgrounds we have stayed in and it was free! We were camped next to a lake where we watched Loons, barrows golden eye, Trumpeter Swans, scooters, and a cute little muskrat swimming back and forth in front of us.
More open country and even larger Mt's as we pass by St Elias and Wrangle Mt ranges. As we got closer to Valdez the Mt's got closer and cloud covered similar as the road into Skagway, only even higher. Lots of RV parks in Valdez and of course the lovely pipeline, and fishing businesses. Cold and windy, burrr... so far one glimpse of a sea otter, but we plan to fish today. The view from our trailer is awesome, camping right on the water!
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north to spring! the earlier drizzles were thaw? your pleasures are palpable; you've stuck to facts. I recently read terry pratchett's novel Thief of Time, containing this bit of dialog: "'I've been at a lot of births were it's all new to the girl and she'll be frightened as hell and when push comes to shove, if you take my meaning, old midwifery term there'".... That so?
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