Leaving Valdez, this morning, was quite a sight....the clouds had settled in and it was really eerie and cool looking. By about 25 miles out of town, we were in sunshine again and treated to a beautiful sight of Mt. Sanford....16,000 and change feet tall! By the time we reached Tok (where we planned to eat at Fast Eddy's again) We were driving down the road and spotted a Hummer H1 coming at us! It was our friend Linda North the past president of the National Humer Club! She flipped around and met us in the parking lot of Fast Eddy's (where she had just eaten). She was on her way home (just North of Wasilla...Willow) She had just driven up from Washington (her other home) and had 300 miles to go.Anyway, it was a fun coincidence.

As we continued driving to Chicken, we passed an area that was the site of 1.3 million acres of fire damage in 2004. Really sad....but up from the ashes....grow the Fireweed. (A pretty fuscia colored spikey flower).