It's been a long winter. We know that for sure. And, if you know us at all you are well aware that we truly enjoy camping in our little travel trailer (we call it Harmony) in the summer. There's nothing like roasting s'mores over a campfire after an all day hike or bike trip and taking in the view from many of the extraordinarily beautiful Alaskan campgrounds. In fact, we like it so much that we have spent over 30 nights camping in our trailer during some summers. We stay in campgrounds with wonderful names like: Teklanika, Williwaw, Eklutna, Trail River, Discovery, Byers Lake, Quartz Creek, and Russian River. They are places where we've seen lots of wildlife and met some incredibly fascinating people from all around the world.
So we're anxious for the season to start...soon.
This afternoon we made the drive to Cooper Landing where we checked in on two of our favorite campgrounds. We wanted to see how the melting of snow was going and how long it would be before we once again can tug our trailer to one of their campsites and enjoy life without phones and laundry. At Russian River Campground we found a gate blocking the road locked tight with a chain and padlock. So on we drove to Quartz Creek which is featured in the photo above. Another chain and padlock--and snow.
Just the same, it's April 13th and all we have of winter is leftovers. It will be gone before we know it and those padlocks will be retired from service for the summer. Yepper, we will be camping soon. But, for now we have to wait. The only question is...how much longer?
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I knew that Liz and Emily were at the Quartz Creek gate. I remember the spot well. I also remember the end of the winter of 1985 when some of my pals were Park Mounties and I was there when the chain came off the Deep Creek campground entrance. No one came to stay that weekend. I also remember driving around the chain at Glenallen when Heather were leaving the state the first time in 1986. We hadn't figured that the park would be closed in mid Sept., but that much farther north means something in Alaska.
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