Manley & Chena Valleys
Since the announced weather being bad South, we took the road to the North where the forecast was better and went to visit Manley, a lost hamlet nestled down in a small valley.
1. The storefront of the junkstore, likely…
2. Birch and aspen forest are magnificent.
3. As soon as we reach about 2,300 feet elevation, the trees give way to tundra.
4. In this season, it is covered with berries of all kinds. Here, cranberries.
5. It’s aperitif time!
6. And that seems to please Mino! 😉
7. We will have a beautiful sunset!
8. Grazing light…
9. Game of sunset and rain showers…
10. Last gleams…
11. Humid conditions in the morning.
We then moved the Chena Valley there some nice hikes. The first to the Granite Tors, kind of granite towers that slender above the alpine tundra…
12. A gray jay intrigued by our presence.
13. After 4 hours up, arrival at Tors.
14.Unfortunately, the light is not with me for pictures…
15. Tundra begins to change color, fall approaching.
16. This mountain plateau is beautiful.
17. Lichens colore granite.
18. Soaring silhouettes…
19. Last look by starting the descent.
20. The sun plays hide and seek.
21. Pretty wild camp on the Chena River.
22. The next day, we make a loop in the still green Angel Valley.
23. Mosses are omnipresent in undergrowth and in the tundra.
24. The way back through the bottom of the valley: 3.5 miles of marsh and a nice bit of fun with wet feet!
25. Just arrived, we leavd again to go picking blueberries. It takes us half an hour to fill two large boxes as there were so many everywhere!
26. Another wild camp near the Chena River.
27. Last rays before the sun hides behind the hills…
We then moved to the Denali National Park where I had booked a campsite for four days, the only way to get to this wild and unspoilt land. To comeng in the next update soon… 😀
Hi you two intrepid wonderers .. I can tell when your meals have been rich as your spare wheel hung mounted Kangaroo trash bag is bulging .. I want one too … I’ll search online . Often after wild camping I’ll set out for 30 – 60 min. for a trash pick up walkabout.. heads up about traffic whiz’n by . Always most satisfying and gratifying to drive by later not to spot any trash .
Be well…and come to Big Sur.. I’ll put to work a process to family guest you in at Esalen.. you can mineral bath for hours and catch marvelously made break,lunch,supper as the coastal days drifts by…. Let me know a week in advance in order to book you in … details later … Thanks for you rich post here… I can’t get over the perfect sky and rich ground growth ! See ya Pals !
Not really intrepid, just excited to discover the wonders of this wild land… 😀
I actually use the trash bag for laundry or firewood, not for trash in bear country. Don’t want to attract them to close to VivaLaVida.
If you’re looking for one of those, Google “trasharoo”. It’s the one I have, it’s really well made. You can carry quite heavy stuff in it. Moreover, it’s not to expensive… 😉
I will definitely come back to Big Sur but I don’t know when yet. Not this year for sure but this place is so beautiful…
What about your work in Polar Bear? Any new task done?
Cheers