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

Day 13 - Aug 16: Chicken and Salmon

Today the convoy made their way southwest to Glennallen, Alaska. Mike called and said he was really excited to be back in Alaska. Last night in Chicken, they had a chicken meal with the townfolks. Tonight, he was getting ready to go have a salmon fest in Glennallen.

AC'12 Day 16 travel route

While we were talking, he asked about what kind of viewing this blog was getting. As of today, the blog has had 2463 page views, not counting all the times I visit it. This is how the top audience countries breakdown:

All time viewing (country/pageviews)

US   1793

Canada   213

UK   144

Russia   111

Australia   37

Netherlands   19

Ireland   15

Argentina   11

S. Africa   11

Germany   9

Other countries that have shown up in daily counts include S. Korea and New Zealand. Besides country, I can get results based on the source URL (such as Facebook, etc.), search keywords, and even browser and device operating system counts! Kind of fun, in a nerdy sort of way.

- Ellen