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Isn't
this big boy beautiful? This is Mt. Billy Mitchell. Don't tell the
others, but he was one of my very favorites.
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And
no gorgeous drive is complete without a waterfall or two, right?
There are several beautiful waterfalls in Keystone Canyon. Like
ones we saw in Oregon and BC, this one is also named Bridal
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It
was a bit hairy going through Thompson's Pass - high on a mountain
with a touch of snow falling, but snow everywhere to the extent
that I felt a bit of what snow blindness must look like. When everything
from the ground to as high as you can see in the sky is white, it's
easy to lose perspective and I certainly wouldn't want to be there
when the high markers on the side of the road are covered with snow.
It was a pretty steep descent getting to sea level in Valdez and
I couldn't help but look back up and dread the trip back up there
when I leave here.
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I
loved how when the descent from the mountain started, the sun breaking
through cast its light on the mountains giving a little blue break
from the sameness of all the white. Can you believe the snow on
the road gets as high as the tops of those poles and that's all
the guidance you get? Those are steep dropoffs there, folks!
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This
was when I was parked at Worthington Glacier. Doesn't this poor
Texas RV look a little lost and out of place in all this snow??? |
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Arrival
in breathtaking Valdez
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