Thursday was our day off, and we drove to Hatcher's Pass. It was recommended to us by a really friendly guy at a bookstore we visited early in the day. EVERYBODY we've met in Alaska has been really friendly, of course, but this guy struck up a conversation and told us all about the cool places to go.
We got to the pass though a beautiful little town called Palmer. We stopped and had lunch in a cute coffee shop there.
It wasn't a great day for the pass--it was hazy by the time we got up there. The distant mountains were barely visible and all colors seemed to blend. The neat thing we learned later was that the reason it was so hazy was that there forest fires in Russia and a sandstorm in the Gobi Desert. I can't prove it, but it sure sounds like an interesting explanation!
Beyond Hatcher Pass is an old mining town that has tours in the summer. It was closed when we got there and we could only see it in the distance. Too bad--it looked really cool.
There are three different hiking trails near the pass. Mom and I talked about how fun it would be to hike one of them as a family. One is easy to moderate and ends up at a glacier! Does that sound fun? Maybe one day we can all come up here and hike it!
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