Day 18 Also Ends in Palmer

After a good night’s rest we got up to another dull and drab day. What a change after all the blue skies and sunshine we had last week.

Anyway, since Big Bear served us well last night, we decided to stay here another night and explore some of the side roads. With the help of the Milepost, we put together a loop drive —Knik-Goose Bay Road ... Burma Road ... Big Lake Road ... Parks Highway. In all, we did about 90 miles, including a detour to look for a bakery for some goodies for afternoon tea.

The drive wasn’t very exciting, but it was better than just staying in the rig. The green trees lining the roads added color to an otherwise gray day.

We checked out the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge first. I was hoping that we might see some animals. Did see some “evidence” of them but no critters whatsoever.

Knik was our next stop ... once a checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race route. The museum was closed. But we did walk up the Iditarod Trail a bit because I had read that we could see another Athabascan cemetery with spirit houses from the trail. We did indeed glimpse them, but they were on the far side of a clearing.

At the only real overlook on the road, we stopped to enjoy views of Knik Arm with the Chugach Mountains lined up like so many soldiers ... shoulder to shoulder. Nice today ... but I bet it would be spectacular on a blue-sky day.

It was an otherwise quiet afternoon ... doing a bit of bookkeeping while we still have internet. The Wi-Fi has proven to be quite speedy ... a definite plus for this campground.

We move on tomorrow. Not sure where we’ll end up. Maybe I’ll figure that out when I read the next Milepost section of the Parks Highway.Читать далее