Valdez to Gakona and on to Tok Ak

Chicken Alaska is a neat "little" gold rush town. Following are the facts about the town.
This is the only sign of mining left in the town. They use it and allow people to mine the dirt they purchase to see if they can strike it rich. No we did not try.

There are only a few buildings left in town and they mainly cater to the tourists. The tour buses stop here.
The bar has hats and business cards from all over the world from people who have visited.
The birds like the people return in the spring for a short season. Someone has put up several bird houses here and in the one on the far left you can see a little bird if you enlarge the photo.

The flowers are actually growing on the roofs and we saw them being watered with sprinklers.
The fireweed is everywhere, especially where there have been fires as here. It is the first thing that grows after a fire.
Looking at the fireweed across the valley makes it appear the hills are purple, until you get close and see the devastation from the fires.
Beautiful day for a drive to Chicken AK.
This is typical of a lot of the roads in the back areas. No we did not take the coach down this road.

These flowers are growing on top of a roof in Tok AK. There is also a lawnmower setting on the roof.
The burl wood that looks like a totem pole actually grows like that. A parasite gets in the tree and the tree sends sap to the area to protect itself. The burls can be taken off the trees in spring and they make bowls and things from them. They also use them as fence and porch posts.
This guy was standing alongside the road, but not for long.
Out for a swim and not bothered by the people. He was far enough off the road.
One of the many views across the valley as we traveled across Alaska.

Some days we were blessed to see multiple animals, like these two moose.
A large glacier seen across the valley.
Some days all we saw were small animals like this bunny in the campground.
This is the type "cabin" we found in this particular campground. This was a one bedroom but they also have 2 bedroom "cabins".
Another glacier in the distance. They are so beautiful some you can even see the blue color to the ice.
When it gets hot here IE: springtime there is a lot of melting which produces falls all over the place. But know come winter the glaciers are added to with all the new snow.
Here you can see the blue in the glacier.
This moose was feeding and fine until we stopped. Apparently we are no danger as long as we are moving, even slowly. But as soon as you stop they head for the bushes.
We found these little "cotton ball" flowers. They are really strange as they are just long strands of white that looks like hairs. Click it bigger and you can see what I mean.
These flowers are the cotton balls all together around this lake. It really made it stand out.