Day 15 - Aug 18: Denali at Last!

The views today must have been spectacular (if the weather cooperated)! Travel north on the George Parks Highway brought the convoy to Denali National Park, home of Mt. McKinley. There are many names on this map that are so familiar to me: Susitna, Talkeetna, Willow.

AC'12 Day 15 travel route

I need to add that today the AC'12 Convoy stopped at the Alaska Veterans Memorial. It is located in Denali State Park (which lies adjacent to the National Park and SW of Cantwell). Pictures I have seen of the memorial show that it is pretty awesome.

- Ellen

Day 14 - Aug 17: On to Willow, Alaska

The AC'12 convoy worked their way westward today to the town of Willow.  The convoy will not be going into Anchorage, so this is probably the closest point to Anchorage they will get. If I recall correctly, one of the sights they past today was the Matanuska Glacier.


AC'12 Day 14 travel route

The main convoy actually took a detour at Palmer to go over Hatcher Pass.  There are some cool mines up there, and was a favorite of mine from when we lived in Alaska.

- Ellen