Snow
The road was clear until we drove into Delta Junction (Alaska). We went to Valdez over the weekend to meet with some of our partners and to speak to a group of supporters. We had a wonderful time. It was so beautiful and the drive was safe–all the big animals (moose, caribou, bison and bears) stayed off the road. We did see a lot of tracks but only saw two lonely moose.
We had driven 360 miles on the road to Valdez and the next day we returned on the same road. The drive out of Valdez is just awesome. Those of you who have made that drive know–this is one of the gems of mother earth. The mountains surround you and the sky is as blue as any blue you have ever seen. We journeyed for 260 miles on the drive north. Then we saw the very dark and ominous cloud. It looked evil and sure enough it started dumping snow. A lot of snow–the road was covered and no road crews in sight.
I just slowed down and kept driving. I did not know a winter weather alert was given–that could explain why we only met one vehicle on our side of the road for 100 miles. We finally made it home safe and sound.
Eleven hours later and a nights rest–we look outside and see over a foot of snow on our car. It had snowed heavy all night. It is a part of being on the road.