September 25, 2013
Steve and I pulled out of the driveway at 2:54 pm and we drove 500 yards before I asked , "Are we stopping for food?" The 16 hour days we put in to get the house and us ready for our travels left little time for food and sleep. Fortunately, friends invited us for dinners earlier in the week and engaged us in conversation that did not include the words Windex or where should I put this?
Our first travel stop was to see where my Alaskan "Wroots" began when I started my first teaching job 60 miles north of Anchorage. When I moved in in the fall of 1981, there was no running water, electricity or porch. Upon leaving I did have electricity but there is still no well and the porch is a welcoming addition.
Commuting the 10 miles to my teaching job afforded incredible views-that has not changed at all.
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| Matanuska Glacier |
We arrived after dark at Tok River Campground and unpacked the truck and placed everything on a picnic table so we could make the bed in the back. It was spitting snow so we covered everything with a standard issue blue tarp. However it was one that had beed used as a painting drop cloth and for the remainder of the trip, flecks of white paint marked our campsite.
Karen, where was that neat little cabin that you lived in back in the early 80s? Again, some nice photos. Susan and I are just back from VT/MA/NY. Already 12"-30" of snow at Hatcher Pass. Came this past Tuesday night, 10/08/13.
ReplyDeleteThe cabin is just off the road to Victory Bible Camp -mile 94 or close to it. It is too bad our trips did not coincide; maybe something can be worked out next time.
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