Kennecot Road Trip
On the way back to Fairbanks from Anchorage at the end of the summer,
I persuaded Dajur to go on a road trip with me through Kennicot and some
of the surrounding areas (pretty far out of the way actually, especially
by continental US standards). The actual visit to Kennicot/McCarthy and
the mines there is described on this and
this
page, these photos are of intersting stuff we saw along the way.
Dajur is a photographer, so there were lots of stops along the way
for scenic moments.
Much ghost townage ensued along the way. There are several communities
along the Edgerton Highway and McCarthy Road which are partially or totally
abandoned, but for various reasons we never seemed to have time to stop
long enough to explore any of them.
An old boxcar and several impressive bridges are reminders that the
road we're following is actually the old CR&NWRR grade.
After less than a week of camping Dajur and I were close to murdering
eachother.
The road is hard on vehicles.
This was one place we had to stop for, a bar in the town of Copper
Center which has a large-scale model railroad depicting the Copper River
railroad and the Kennecot mines. This is an impressive setup, and although
we didn't get to see the trains running (the owner was out of town) we
admired the layout and had a beer with the wierd locals (one drunk tried
to convince us that it was a gay bar, and that he thought we looked pretty
good :p )
The giant bar cat attacks a hotel. What I want to know is what the
bartender is chugging in the background, I didn't notice that when I took
the picture.
Dajur is popular with the bitches.
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