On down the Richerdson Highway

August 20: Richardson Highway. We were up and on the road early and arrived at Worthington Glacier before 8:00. We were the only ones there.

Our next stop was Thompson Pass. This was one of the highlights of the day. Parked along the side of the road and walked up a trail and across the tundra. The clouds were below us and the mountains with snow and blue sky were all around us. We are above the clouds.

Edna loves high places!

Escape To parked at bottom of trail

Arrived at Blueberry Lake State Recreation Area early and found a campsite by the lake.

On our walk around the lake we met Sharon Nault the northern field editor for The Milepost. She was on her yearly visit to update the book and told us that this campground was closed last year and it has been completely redone. The campground was made much smaller with paved road and parking spots. She also told us of a path up to the tundra where you can walk along this mountain top forever. Campground used to be open tundra, but now has lots of shrubs. Example of how the land is constantly changing.

Walked up an old road that used to be the campground road and found another lake. Lots
of wildflowers along the path.

Enjoyed reindeer sausage for dinner. Edna got the down comforter out for night. We are staying here two nights.

Richardson Highway

August 19: Richardson Highway. Started our laundry a little later than planned and did not get on the road until 10:30 AM. Still raining. However weather became better as we went west.

Arrived at Glenallen Information Center and gathered lots of pamphlets and a map. The man in the center had lived here for 35 years and was very helpful. He suggested his favorite pull off if Blueberry Lake Campground was full. Stopped at Wrangell-St Elias National Park welcome center and watched a 20 min. movie in their theater. This is a not to be missed stop. Will spend more time here on our return trip up the Richardson Highway.

Spent the night at a pull off along a river, at milepost 160. I tried my luck at fishing, with no success.

Tok Alaska

August 18: Tok AK It rained all day and was windy and cold. Bonnie Achman told Edna that the wind gauge at airport only goes to 30 MPH and it hit that several times today. Bonnie and her husband mine for gold and she designs jewelry. Edna bought a very nice pair of earrings from them. They own and run Jack Wade Gold Company. This was a housekeeping day and we had Escape To’s oil changed and I washed her.
While oil was being changed at the Young Chevron Station we visited the information center. The center is the largest log building in Alaska and the people are very helpful. We stayed overnight in Chevron Station’s parking lot which has a dump and water and is free with gas full up. With grocery shopping and gift shop visits finished, we headed to the Sourdough Campground 7 miles outside of Tok. We worked on pictures, cards and the blog. They have wifi and after their pancake toss in which we did not win a free
breakfast, I posted our blog.