Day 50B - Breaking up is hard to do - August 18, 2011

Sadly, we had to part ways again.  Jerry and Gail's coach developed some engine issues and it looks like they're going to be down a few days.  They didn't want Heidi guarding the coach alone so they're staying with her.

                                            We left them at the Cummins Dealer in Anchorage

                                              and headed for Valdez via the Glenn Highway

                                            there were a lot of grade changes and frost heaves.

We were stopped for 25 minutes by road work, so Pam made us lunch.  That's the advantage of taking your kitchen with you.

Autumn is starting in some of the higher country.  The color change becoming evident.  We'll have to think about leaving soon.

              Think they get much snow?  The poles on the side of the road are for snowplow orientation.

 The Matanuska Glacier was viewable from the highway.  It heads 27 miles into the Chugach mountains with an average width of 2 miles.

We made it to Glennallen and decided to go a little further south before stopping for the night.  We found the Squirrel Creek State Campground and decided to dry camp.

                                           Lon went in search of firewood and found this place.

He met some real grizzled Alaskans who were "partying".  He called it a "Deliverance" moment and  swore he heard banjos pickin.

       It was all for naught though.  Although we were "dry" camping it started raining hard so no fire.

          Lon and Pam will be reporting in from the road to help keep the travelblog going forward.