So we are about 90 miles off of the Richardson highway east into the biggest national park Wrangell-Elias and I have LTE service which means here up north I can DO stuff on my phone.  I found out in the Kenai Penensulia 3G and 4-5 bars of service didn’t mean a thing! 😢😏. Calls I could make and receive and robo texts I received but nada else!   

The reason we are in the boondocks is Kennecott mine!  Cliff loves history and old mine stuff,  I love old buildings and scenery!  So a 60 mile dirt road trip @ 15-25 mph later we made it!!!  Yes that fast only and we mean it!  Being a well seasoned back country driver from Colorado we know what we are talking about!!  Haha. Sorry about the bragging!!  But some of you remember the Letoux creek road before the turns it into a dirt/ gravel highway!!  We know rough!!  So it was worth the slow drive they have mile post so you can see you progress!!!  And sometimes you didn’t want to know ‘ that’s all we’ve gone?!!’  Haha.   The scenery was great even tho it was cloudy ‘again’.   We crossed over an old rr bridge 248 ft. Above a river. The railroad bed was used for parts of the road into McCarthy!  

The road stops at a foot bridge that’s crossed over a roaring river, that we are camped by.  A shuttle runs ever 30 min. Into town and or to the mine site 5 miles away!  We walked to town 1/2 to 3/4 mile away. Read two opinions in brochures and info signs so…….  haha. Lovely little old town laid back atmosphere!  Neat but eclectic fun town!!  

Walked by a community garden.  Old vehicles flowers planted in discarded wheelbarrows truck beds pics on other camera I’ll post later. Sorry!   The view here is spectacular Root Glacier looks like it’s spilling out and over from the mountains north of us!!!  Hope to hike to and on it with a guide.  

   Today started out light rain but forecast says partly sunny this afternoon 😊👍. But am very comfy hanging inside our space !  

I’ll post pics of our ‘space’ so you know what I’m talking about!! We don’t live ESP. In these small/tight quarters like Martha Steward so…….  haha. But I loved it because we used to sleep in the truck bed with a camper shell on inflatable single air mattress 3″.  Now I have a kitchen, dinning room, bedroom!!!!  And a cabinet for a porta potty so a bathroom too!!! Shower is outside, got a flip open easy tent for that!! Our bed is a queen size on that slides into a double so we can sit at the table!!! 

I’ve had moments of unbelievably ‘I can’t believe I’m seeing/doing this!!’  I have not missed tv!!   Oh did I tell ya in Canada they have the same gossip mags at the store check out stands with our movie star crap!!!  I saw, cause I had to buy groceries that George’s twins were born, someone else had a major health problem. Etc blah blah……..   I haven’t paid attention here in AL cause I use self check out where they usually aren’t !!!

So gonna get a few pics on! 

Oh I forgot I went on a boat Glacier ride!  It’s a mile across. Mears Glacier ! 

A 238 ft. Tall rr bridge now a one lane car bridge!!  Over the Strelna creek spelled correct I check map!!!  That huge river pic is the Chitina (chit nah) River. It was huge!!!!   

I mailed postcards at this post office cutest little one ever! Lady was a sweetheart!! I’m keeping my grandchildren informed of our travels buying postcards and got an app it lets you do your pics on a postcard and a message they print and mail it all only $1.99 each!!!   

Pics are posting opposite of what I pick out whoops!!!!  

The sun came out late last night glad I peeked out and got a pic!  The mtns here are enormous!!  The is Root Glacier our view from camp spot!  The big pic is from the walking bridge.  

Karen 😊