Two beautiful days of driving, hiking and just seeing the sights and now I am in Valdez. The drive along the Glenn Hwy out of Anchorage was spectacular. Then the southern portion of the Richardson Hwy was even better. Great views of glaciers, termination dust on the high peaks, fall colors so bright and vivid; WOW. It was incredible.
Valdez is great so far. But it does not win out for my favorite place in Alaska.
1. Seward
2. Haines
3. Homer/Talkeetna/Valdez - All of these are great for separate reasons but are just missing some element to make it higher up on the list.
