Valdez to Talkeetna
- Marcy Speck
- Aug 9
- 1 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
We did a couple of things before leaving Valdez on Saturday. We stopped by the Soloman Fish Hatchery The salmon are spawning and there are so many of them. We only saw seagulls at the all-you-can-eat fish buffet but it's common for sea lions and bears to be here too.
A short drive from there is the Valdez Glacier Lake. We pulled out our inflatable kayak and paddled around the chunks of iceberg that have calved off from the Glacier. The different colors and textures of the ice against the gray water was really cool.
We started our drive to Talkeetna and stayed the night at a rest right area off the highway that had the most beautiful views.
We arrived in Talkeetna this afternoon.
The weather has been very warm for this area. In fact we got a 'Severe Weather Alert' sent to our phones this afternoon that they were expecting extremeley warm temperatures in our area in the mid 70's and that we should take precautions to avoind getting overheated. It feels pretty perfect to us.
Today, we can see Mt Denali from the Susitna River close to where we are staying.
Apparently this is visible only about 30% of the time. Tomorrow we'll be taking an air tour of Denali and are hoping that the weather holds.
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