6 July 2018. Valdez

6 July 2018. Valdez AK

Our journey took us today along a short span of the Richardson Highway to Valdez. (Pronounced Valdeeze to rhyme with sneeze!).

Peaceful road to Valdez this morning
Suddenly a moose and her baby running down the road in front of us – couldn’t get the camera going fast enough – so only captured mom.
This is what dash cams are for – you can sort of see both moose here. Trouble is, we don’t know how to get pictures off the dash cam…

We didn’t have far to drive this morning, so we stopped at a couple of sites along the road: Worthington Glacier and a couple of waterfalls.

Worthington Glacier near Valdez
We did stop at the Worthington Glacier visitor center to get a closer look.
Bridal Veil falls

Lots of water coming down this one!

Horse Tail Falls

We took a quick tour around Valdez to find the grocery store and scope things out, but we decided to spend the first night across the harbor.  We parked along the bank and watched the sea otters play!

Valdez harbor
View from our campsite, looking across the bay at Valdez, AK
Sea Otters!