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Valdez is the most beautiful town we have seen in Alaska. The new town is completely surrounded by white capped mountains. Everywhere you look there are mountains. Breathtaking. Peter & I debated the idea of climbing one near the hotel. I told him to get the camera & I will wave to him from the summit. Not!
In 1967 they moved the town to its present location because there was an earthquake at the site of the original town. Huh!
The next morning while taking a picture of an awesome totem pole, I notice that Peter's rear tire needs air. Not a great start to the day. Luckily it happened before we left town. At the service station we suds down the tire but can't find the leak. When we put 80 psi in the tire we discover that one of the old plugs is leaking. Peter replaces it with on of my mushroom head plugs. It appears to be working so we hope for the best and head on our way to take a picture of the end of the Trans Alaska Pipeline.
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| Where is that leak? |
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| Oil tank farm & ship |
On the way out of town we stop to see the Valdez glacier & a couple of waterfalls we missed on the way into town.
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| Valdez Glacier |
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| Horsetail Falls |
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| Bridal Falls |
Doug, stick to the wild horse riding.
ReplyDeleteDad always said that Brahma bull riding took quite a lot of experience to make any money. There weren't enough events to become proficient in Canada. Just as he was getting good, the US entered WWII. They tightened the border and that stopped his US entry and thus more 'training'.
Cowboys on the rodeo circuit must have been unsavory types! It sounds just like you fellows needing Criminal Record checks to get to the Arctic Ocean in the US! ...Hey! maybe the US border guards knew the family connection from 1939!! Such paranoia in our neighbours to the south.
Hope you enjoy the Stampede and don't end up on the front page of newspapers tomorrow. UP often bought photos of Bert being thrown off a bull or horse and sold it to the papers across Canada!
Cheers,
Lynne (Armstrong)