I’m back after a few days of silence due to a lack of network.
 
Initially, Mino should leave from Seattle. However, to take advantage of the fall in Alaska, at our last update, we were waiting for a confirmation on the ability to change her return flight to leave from Anchorage. The response was positive and, at the time you’ll discover this update, Mino will be on the plane bringing her back the Switzerland…
 
As soon as we got the answer, a favorable weather forecast decided ​​us to move north along the Dalton Highway I had already traveled six weeks before. We hoped to discover the fall colors on the tundra and to hike in Brooke Range. We then headed to the Glenn Highway to Glennallen and after a first night at a hundred miles from Anchorage, we woke up enjoying the first snow fall on the surrounding mountains.
 
 
1. Matanuska River in ther morning.
 

 
 
2. They are still many clouds on the mountains.
 

 
 
3. The first frosts begin to color the trees.
 

 
 
4. We pass near the huge Matanuska Glacier.
 

 
 
5. Clouds plays…
 

 
 
6. Some hills are really colorfull.
 

 
 
7. With such a nice weather, we decided to go hiking and discovered a small altitude lake.
 

 
 
8. The first snow of the season inspires Mino…
 

 
 
9. … who signs its passage ephemerally… 😀
 

 
 
10. … while for my part, I play with the contrast between the snow and the “willows” colored with their characteristic orange-red fall color.
 

 
 
11. As and when we climb, the view extends over the surrounding valleys.
 

 
 
12. The horizon is so wide…
 

 
 
13. Souvenir picture…
 

 
 
14. After nearly three hours to make our way uphill in the tundra, a break is welcome under a beautiful sky of cirrus.
 

 
 
15. A river that flows from one icefield, more than 40 miles away..!
 

 
 
16. From above, tundra reveals so many small lakes and marshes…
 

 
 
17. The contrast between the warm tones of the autumn tundra and the white snow is beautiful.
 

 
 
18. We enjoy some of the thousands of blueberries that are everywhere.
 

 
 
19. This mix of colors is so beautiful that I would stay there longer and longer…
 

 
 
20. Other lakes as we descend…
 

 
 
21. It’s getting late, shadows contrasted the opposite side of the valley…
 

 
 
22. Continuing the road, I took a foot bath to take this image in a flooded marsh in beautiful sunset light.
 

 
 
23. Vivalavida goes north. In the distance, Mount Drum, another volcano from the large fault extending from the Aleutian Islands to Mexico, and the huge dome of Mount Jarvis.
 

 
 
24. We find a nice camp site near Paxson.
 

 
 
25. And while I’m about to go to bed, surprise: a powerful northern light lights the sky up!
 

 
 
26. This is the first that I have the opportunity to see, what a sublime spectacle… I will lie down only at 2am that night… 😉
 

 
 
The following will take in the far north where we had a small preview of the new winter to come … Coming soon here. 😀