July 27, 2007 – Travel to Eagle River

The package I was waiting for was not delivered yesterday to Wasilla. I was told it would be in Anchorage today at the UPS terminal at the airport. The campground where we were staying was like a large parking lot and both Andy and I were getting tired of looking at gravel. So, today we moved to Eagle River Campground that is part of the Chugach Mountain Range State Park. It is closer to Anchorage and absolutely beautiful!! (I will say again – I just love the state and national park campgrounds.)

Once we got settled, we went to the terminal and picked up the package. We stopped by Point Woronzof which has a nice view of the Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm. Here is a picture. This area gets large tides – notice the driftwood and rocks on the beach. We even saw a carburetor and pieces of a car on the shore. We started to take a walk toward the water but saw how muddy it was and then realized this was the mud flats. There are warnings all thru this area to stay off of them since they are like quicksand in places. After getting close, I believe it – it is like clay and mucky!

Once I got all the information mailed back, we settled back at camp with a nice supper over the campfire. We finished the evening by a nice walk along the river trail. Eagle River is glacial river – in other words, it is feed by melting glaciers. Some pictures:



Notice the rushing water. Most of the rivers we have seen here are like that. There are many places that have whitewater rafting tours and also many places that have warnings to stay off the river. The water was VERY COLD and for the rafting tours we did see, the people were in wet suits. But we hear the fishing is great!

A word about Anchorage: The city was laid out very nice and there is much to do there but it is a city. Alaska has about 600,000 residents and over half live in the greater Anchorage area. We may stay there some time but not right now.


Miles Traveled: 35
Routes Traveled:
Alaska: AK-3 (Parks Highway)