We were able to witness a "small" bore tide on the turnagain arm. I was really hoping we would see a large one, but they were likely to occur early June or early July
My brother and his wife Angel had to stop at Fred Myers Grocery Store so we arrived at Mountain View RV Park first. We set up camp and hiked back to the Matanuska River for a quick hike. What a beautiful area.
We decided to go straight to Valdez the next day planning for a week or so. However, Bob and Angel decided to go to Chitina so that they could go up to the Kennecott Mine.
We had a great drive down to Valdez as we did not need to worry about finding pull outs that could fit two RV's.
I will say that the road down to Valdez in a word "sucks". The road was almost as bad as the Alaskan Highway. However, the views were spectacular.
We arrived at Eagles Rest RV Park, though quite a few delays as the roads are all under construction. Many are closed; even the road to the RV Park. We were able to make the detours to Eagles Rest. The campground is so so, but the views... Wow!!
We set up camp and drove the Jeep around town to get a lay of the town. This was our first time here so we were not sure what to expect. The first stop was the visitors center. We then went down to the large boat and small boat docks.
We hiked a small trail with really nice views right from the small boat docks.
I now see why some say this is one of the most beautiful towns in Alaska.
We plan on hiking a few trails and may stay for the 4th of July fireworks. Unfortunately, it gets dark around 2:20AM now and the fireworks are scheduled at 10PM. It should be interesting to see how they pull off daytime fireworks.
I will say that after two full months, I am about ready to head home to south west Florida.
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