Valdez is a nice, small, harbor town with one road in/out.  The Beauty is tough to capture with a camera, it is a place you need to visit.  Our first day here, Monday, was cloudy and foggy.  We walked around downtown, went to the harbor to watch the charter boots come in.  Then we had dinner at the "The Fat Mermaid" on the harbor.  Good beer and decent food with a nice view.  Tuesday Mike decided to go the the river and fish.  I went along, watched for awhile then went to sit and read my book.  It was a very nice morning with no clouds, blue sky and warm.  We went to Allison's Point where a lot of people go to fish.  Photos will be posted.  No luck but Mike had fun.  The pink salmon are spawning and then dying of course so it does stink.  We decided to take a drive and take photos on this sunny day.  The drive goes along the "only road in/out" and through Keystone Canyon.  There is a 7.5 mile upgrade, with nice views.  There is a hiking trail to a great look out over the canyon and the mountains.  It was a nice hike with a beautiful view.  When we got back to town we toured the Valdez Museum.  Nice history of the town but also a fantastic dedication and history of the Valdez Oil Disaster in 1989.  After the museum we  walked and then drove around Valdez.  Went down different streets, the Harbor etc.  This morning I am doing laundry and updating the blog while I have internet.  Mike is off fishing, I told him he has better luck when I am not there.  Let's see if that holds true.  This afternoon we plan to visit the other museum in town about the 1964 Earthquake.   They have a miniature replica of Old Valdez before the quake.  We will walk to the Harbor after that and enjoy this beautiful weather.  Tomorrow we leave and drive towards Anchorage but we will stop somewhere along the way for the night and continue on to the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.  Here are some photos.

View of the small boat harbor.

Mike fishing at Allison's Point.

View from road to town.

Driving around Valdez, nice views everywhere.

This is from our campground!

Keystone Canyon

This was taken when we arrived, I though it was neat.

Driving to Worthington Glacier.

Worthington Glacier, we hiked up to it.

Mike on our hike to the look out point.

One view on our hike.

I was enjoying the view when Mike had me turn.

This was a great hike to an even greater view.

Worthington Glacier

Enjoying the Alaskan Brew!

Another Glacier on the road to Valdez