Thursday, August 25, 2022

Alaska Post 4 - Wrangell St. Elias National Park, McCarthy, AK and a long long drive

 On the road again.  Leaving Fairbanks going to Copper Center.  The drive is long but the scenery is amazing.

Saw the Alaska Pipeline along the way.  Pretty cool. 
I decided to book a shuttle for the road from Copper Center to McCarthy Alaska.  
 A cool ride and eventually made it to McCarthy, AK.  McCarthy is in Wrangell St. Elias National Park.  This mountain in the background is cool but my destination is on another shuttle to the mining district of Kennecot, AK. 
So much history in this part of Alaska.  Little Fox Archeologist needs to get his team from the University to do some research out here. 

My destination is a place called Root Glacier.  A short hike to a walkable Glacier. 
Made it!
After exploring the glacier there was some time in McCarthy. Saw this cool restaurant but we didn't stop. 


Our driver told us about an  ice cream shop on the way home with homemade ice cream so we had to stop.  By the way, it   was pretty darn good.  






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  1. Alexander Mackenzie BearAugust 26, 2022 at 7:28 AM

    Very nice! What flavour of ice cream??

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    1. Little foxSeptember 11, 2022 at 4:09 PM

      Good question. Something with honey and lavender. Also tried fireweed ice cream.

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  2. Ajdin AdilovicAugust 29, 2022 at 9:24 AM

    That looks like the perfect restaurant :)

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    1. Little foxSeptember 11, 2022 at 4:10 PM

      It did look cool, the prices were a tad out of this foxes price range, maybe they would give me a discount since I know so many bears?

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  3. Droopy W. DogAugust 30, 2022 at 9:26 AM

    Hope you had some good footwear on the glacier, so you didn't freeze your paws :)
    That restaurant does look very fitting for our stuffie friends...

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    1. Little foxSeptember 11, 2022 at 4:11 PM

      I had a first class seat on the side of a backpack although I did get cold when photos were taken. Humans made no effort to insulate this little fox

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  4. Alexander Mackenzie BearSeptember 8, 2022 at 6:34 AM

    And I like the name of that little restaurant... Salmon and Bear... a match made in heaven!

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