Mile 93

Seward Highway, Alaska

An early morning drive Anchorage to Whittier ~ another ferry ride back to Cordova. A five mile avalanche danger area begins at mile 90.... but it was too beautiful not to stop! I jumped out of the truck and snapped this photo in a hurry ~ rushing because of the avalanche warning ~ but also because I was running late to catch the once an hour tunnel opening into Whittier. Miss the tunnel = miss the ferry, not a good thing!

The ferry ride from Whittier to Cordova takes 3 hours on our "fast ferry" the Chenega... unless it's routed through Valdez... today it was a 6 hour journey.

Ferry dock

Valdez, Alaska





Turnagain Arm

Mile 88 Seward Highway, Alaska

I drive the Seward Highway from Whittier to Anchorage twice a month to bring back supplies for my store, Laura's. Today was a spectacular drive, even though the roads were very slushy. Right after I took this photo a car flipped over on the highway, landing wheels up in the ditch ~ traffic slowed way down after that! Happy to say no one got hurt, the driver was impatiently waving away everyone who stopped to lend a hand, the car with the flashing red & blue lights refused to leave....