August 8, 2011
We are headed for McCarthy, Alaska, camping in our truck tent.
Darius Martin, aka Toad, went along on this five day trip. He slept in the back seat of the truck.
First stop, the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska. This is the world's only domestic musk-oxen farm.
Here are the babies.
The animals are combed for the 'quiviut', which is hand knit by Eskimos in isolated villiages. It is extremely warm and expensive!
One of the farms favorite male ox.
Below is a truck that got stalled inside a pasture and this is what it looked like the next day. Don't want to mess with these guys!
Below is a truck that got stalled inside a pasture and this is what it looked like the next day. Don't want to mess with these guys!
SCENES ALONG THE WAY! Notice the fireweed on the side of the road!
Darius knew where to stop and pick wild blueberries along the highway. We climbed up the hill and picked a few for snacking. Wonderful taste!
Wow! Two rainbows and looks like there must be a
'pot of gold' right on the highway! No such luck!
We headed down the McCarthy road, 60 miles of road on the railroad track.
Lots of potholes and washboard. Very slow driving!
Along the Copper River, fishwheels were working.
Can you imagine these bridges being built in 1910??
Sixty miles of dirt road and the truck looked like this!
It was still raining and we just couldn't deal with the tent in the rain. Most of the rooms in the area were already full.
Next is a view from the footbridge!
On the previous page is the footbridge into McCarthy. You had to walk one-fourth of a mile or take a shuttle bus to get to town. We walked over to the grocery store, which had little selection!
Below is the river flowing under the footbridge!
Kennecott Copper Mine is on tomorrow's agenda!
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