Today we paralled the trans-Alaska pipeline on the Richardson Highway. This pipeline carries oil 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic to Port Valdez, where it is loaded on tankers and transported to the lower 48. None of this oil is exported. We left the Richardson Highway to make a side trip to Chitna, McCarthy and Kennicott Mine. The first 33 miles to Chitna were paved, and we saw this Lynx run across the road and up a bank. It turned and watched us until we drove away. John was able to get four pictures before we had to move, as we were stopped on a hill with a double-yellow line. Luckily, no cars came along. From Chitna it is 59 miles of gravel road to McCarthy. It was so bad the first 17 miles that it took over one hour. We stopped at mile 17 to spend the night in a primative campground.
Today we paralled the trans-Alaska pipeline on the Richardson Highway. This pipeline carries oil 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic to Port Valdez, where it is loaded on tankers and transported to the lower 48. None of this oil is exported. We left the Richardson Highway to make a side trip to Chitna, McCarthy and Kennicott Mine. The first 33 miles to Chitna were paved, and we saw this Lynx run across the road and up a bank. It turned and watched us until we drove away. John was able to get four pictures before we had to move, as we were stopped on a hill with a double-yellow line. Luckily, no cars came along. From Chitna it is 59 miles of gravel road to McCarthy. It was so bad the first 17 miles that it took over one hour. We stopped at mile 17 to spend the night in a primative campground.
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