Jednak po 20min od wypłynięcia pogoda magicznie się zaczyna poprawiać…przypominam sobie słowa pana z którym jechaliśmy do Valdez – ‚W Valdez nigdy nie ma dobrej pogody’. / But after 20 minutes the weather magically starts to improve … I recalled the words ‚In Valdez weather is always bad’.

Jeden z posępnych wodospadów położonych parę kilometrów od Valdez / Waterfall situated few kilometers from Valdez

Na obrzeżach miastach płynie strumień w którym łososie gromadnie płyną w górę rzeki..jak są łososie to i są niedźwiedzie. / On the outskirts of the Valdez flows small stream where you can see salmons that swim uostram.. where are salmons there are bears.

It is not difficult to guess that as we arrived to Valdez it was raining ..it rained until the end of our stay in this city, exactly for 3 days. Valdez has a very interesting history, it was starting point for people who arrived during the Gold Rush. In 1964 near the city took place huge earthquake, tsunami caused by a landslide killed 32 people. After this incident, about 60 buildings were moved (by vehicles) 6km to the new more stable locations.

Richardson Highway – jedyna droga dojazdowa do Valdez . / Valdez is connected to the interior of Alaska by the Richardson Highway

Valdez leży w fiordzie Prince William Sound i jest najbardziej wysuniętym na północ portem wolnym od lodu przez cały rok. / Valdez is located near the head of a deep fjord in the of Prince William Sound in Alaska. It is surrounded by the Chugach Mountains, which are heavily glaciated. Valdez is the northernmost port in North America that is ice-free year-round.

Archiwalne zdjęcie oddające jakich opadów śniegu można się spodziewać zimą. It is old picture that show how much snow you can expect during Alaska winter.

We were delighted with the beautiful weather, but man who picked up us curb our enthusiasm „If at Thompson Pass will be good weather you will see nice weather in Valdez” and he added, „At the Thompson Pass I’ve never encounter nice weather.” We arrived at the Thompson Pass, the sun disappeared behind the clouds, it started to rain, wind was blowing all surrounding mountains hid in the fog …. for sure we will not have nice weather in Valdez.
Thompson Pass is a 855 meter-high gap in the Chugach Mountains northeast of Valdez, Alaska. It is the snowiest place in Alaska, recording 1,401 cm of snow per year on average. In the winter of 1952–1953, 2,475 cm of snow fell—the most ever recorded in one season at one location in Alaska. The pass also holds the Alaska record for the most snow in a single day: 160 cm fell on December 29, 1955. (based on Wikipedia article)

jeden z bezimiennych wodospadów na Alasce

Tym razem mieliśmy szczęście, zatrzymuje się pordzewiały pickup, pan nas wita ochrypłym głosem mówiąc ‚Hi gays’ i zabiera nas do Valdez. / This time we had a luck, we stoped old pickup, men in the car welcome us -‚Hi gays’ and he took us directly to Valdes

W Glennallen spędziliśmy noc i postanowiliśmy jechać nad ocean (jak się okazała nie była to do końca szczęśliwa decyzja). Skoro świt stanęliśmy na stopa. Nie był to dobry dzień dla autostopowiczów przez cały dzień ujechaliśmy tylko 30km !! / In Glennallen we spent a night and we decided to go to Valdez (it appeared that it was not best decision). We started hitchhiking in early morning, it was not best day for hitchhikers..during whole day we traveled only 30km!

Na wyjeździe z Glennallen (115 ale mil do Valdez) / We started at Glennallen, 115 miles to Valdez.

..tego dnia się nastaliśmy za wszystkie czasy / We stand in one place near Glennallen almost whole day

Koło 17tej przestały jeździć samochody, poddaliśmy się i zaczęliśmy szukać noclegu koło drogi. / Around 5p.m we started to look for a place for camping.