Memorial Day weekend -- three days of fun and remembrances for half the population of Alaska who surrounded me. I think I saw more cars on the road that Friday afternoon than there are on all of Mitkof Island. Figuring campgrounds would be full, I headed for an old secret spot overlooking the Chugach Range (a gravel road to a knob half way between Palmer and Glennallen, Alaska). Surely I'd be alone on the road leading to a communication site atop that knob. Wrong. Every pullout had a vehicle including one with a naked man. However, a flat spot near the top was vacant and that's where our dog, Niko, and I weathered two cold nights and hot days surrounded by 360 degrees of painting subjects.
Memorial Day weekend -- three days of fun and remembrances for half the population of Alaska who surrounded me. I think I saw more cars on the road that Friday afternoon than there are on all of Mitkof Island. Figuring campgrounds would be full, I headed for an old secret spot overlooking the Chugach Range (a gravel road to a knob half way between Palmer and Glennallen, Alaska). Surely I'd be alone on the road leading to a communication site atop that knob. Wrong. Every pullout had a vehicle including one with a naked man. However, a flat spot near the top was vacant and that's where our dog, Niko, and I weathered two cold nights and hot days surrounded by 360 degrees of painting subjects.