The RV park near Glennallen, Alaska was in a heavily wooded area and our site was right next to the Tolsana Creek. There was a strong flow in the stream and the water was dirty looking. During the drive when we entered the USA it rained off and on, sometimes quite heavily. All this concerned me about being near that stream in a RV.
Guess what. In the morning we were still in the same spot and the creek looked the same.
The landscape did not change much from one country to the next but the road was much better. Even where it was graded stone and dirt was better than the frost-heaved part we had been on in Canada.
After passing through Tok, AK, we started seeing more snow topped peaks to our south, then before getting to Achorage we passed through the Mat-Su Valley area and could see a glacier reaching down a side valley towards the main valley. I think it is the Matanuska Glacier and is the source of the Matanuska River. Doh!
We never did get a good look at this glacier because we wanted to get to our
destination at a reasonable time.
As we got nearer to Anchorage everything became just like any other big American city you approach on a six-lane highspeed road. The Glenn Highway goes right into the city streets and then south through the streets until in becomes the Sterling Highway.
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