Chuck:
We spent last night at the Green Acres RV Park in Delta Junction. This little Alaskan town is the northern terminus of the AlCan Highway. It is 1,390 miles from here to Dawson Creek, the southern terminus. This is the bit we have left to do in order to complete our saga. We plan to put the biking on hold for about 3 weeks while we link up with Suz & Christy in Anchorage, then go to Denali National Park and on to Fairbanks where they will catch a flight home and we will return to Delta Junction and bike south to the finish line.
Not long after we departed our campsite, Betty said “Ok guys, this looks like moose country so everybody on ‘moose watch’. About 5 seconds later, she excitedly said “Moose, in front on the right”. She has “powers”! Fifty-five miles later, we over take Matt, who got a much earlier start on his bike. He drank a cold Pepsi, while he explained the many features of his bike packing method, very compact, organized and functional; no panniers and no “bob” trailer. At Glennallen, we turn right off of the Richardson Highway and onto the Glenn Highway leading to Anchorage. We are crossing through the Chugach Mountain Range. Our campsite, Grand View Campground, is just beyond the Matanuska Glacier. There are beautiful mountain vistas all around us, plus it is much cooler and no mosquitoes. Also, the camp has a restaurant that delivers a “motherlode” pizza to our RV. Life is good!
Betty: This little RV park with restaurant is absolutely beautiful. There is not much to it but they have all the essentials and we’re loving the cooler weather. There are forest fires sprouting up in Alaska now. Yesterday we heard that the Parks Highway was closed – that is the highway that leads to Denali, so I hope it’s back open by the time we want to visit Denali.