Driving Alaska, every stretch of road rewards the gaze with another life-affirming landscape. Traveling south on the Richardson Highway from Tok, we saw dark clouds brooding over the increasingly larger mountains of the Wrangells chain. Alaska is a place of incredible mountain vistas, decaying glaciers, swift rivers and crystal lakes. It is a place where ancient gods argue, make love, create destiny, oblivious to us mortals.
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A Cloud Over the Wrangell Chain
A rain cloud hovers over a foothill of the Wrangells-St Elias Mountains.
Copper River
From Tok, Alaska, the road to McCarthy follows the Copper River and crosses the Chitina River.
Chitina River
From Tok, Alaska, the road to McCarthy follows the Copper River and crosses the Chitina River.
Liberty Falls State Park
A small park set on the side of a mountain is a wonderful place to camp on the Richardson Highway.
Liberty Falls State Park
Morning coffee and yoga on a tent platform beside the rushing stream.
Biome of Wrangells-St Elias National Preserve
On the road to McCarthy Alaska, we spied this swan family in the grasses of the plateau.
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Because Chitina became somewhat of a ghost town when the copper mine closed, someone painted a ghost on his house.
Chitina Ghosts
Once one person painted a ghost on his house, it soon became a "thing" for the town of Chitina.
Chitina Ghosts
The ghost on the side of this food truck wants to know where his grub is!