Matanuska Glacier and a small disaster...

After a quiet night at a lakeside campground (well, the lake was apparently a swamp in someone's back garden), where the only entertainment was to play gin rummy, we headed up the Glen Highway to Matanuska Glacier, where we were able to walk on the toe of the glacier, and enjoyed some more amazing weather... it was all going so well... and then, disaster struck, as my estimation of the RV's offroad skills far exceeded reality... and so ensued several hours of digging, using only a tyre iron and rocks (and bare hands), before we were pulled to freedom by the nice lady with a massive 4x4... It was an adventure all right!

Mum and Annie with the RV

Me and Annie alongside the Richardson Highway

The pipeline, and some more amazing scenery

Annie and Mum in their viewing seats

A fantastic lake coming out of the big freeze

The view from my seat

Mt Wrangell, an active volcano

Playing gin rummy... if only we had had gin!

The Matanuska Glacier

More glacier

Annie on the glacier

The fantastic blue ice of the glacier

Mum on the glacier

Mum admiring her hiking boots on the glacier!

Mum and Annie by a glacial lake

Ah, disaster has struck...

Frantically digging...

Ah, the relief when help arrived!

Free!!! Just checking for damage... none visible, so all good!!!