Alaska Blog Post 8-26-15

Then last Friday we made the trek to McCarthy AK. The roads there are as bad as advertised, three hours of jaw rattling, bone bouncing, bruising pot holes with occasional railroad ties and the dreaded spikes. At the end of the road is a couple of parking lots and a foot bridge. Turns out that there is a vehicle bridge but it cost $250 to cross so the rest walk across and then pay $10pp for a round trip ticket to Kennicott.. The town was built for mining copper and there are tailings littering the ground. Some of the original buildings have been restored and opened as museums. We were starving after the long road in so we stopped to get something to eat, only problem was it was a cash only place and all we had was $9 which got us a small cup of chicken noodle soup to share. Note to self to start keeping a stash of cash. Spent a bit of time meeting some of the business owners and then headed back. The scenery was amazing but don't think we would make the drive again.

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