I drove to Valdez Alaska and to Port Valdez and saw hundreds
of seagulls gathering in their fishing area. There were many creeks and
marshes that the road had to cross and these marshes were filled with salmon and
tons of seagulls.
When I entered the city of Valdez, I didn't know anything and
anywhere to go. It almost seemed like a dead end. It was about time
to eat lunch so I stopped in a restaurant and had a nice juicy fish dinner, it
was just great. I asked the waitress where to go to take some good
pictures so she gave me a paper placemat with a map on it and started pointing
out the places to go. First she headed me into the mountains just north of
Valdez, but I had a rental car and the road got rougher and rougher until I had
to turn back.
So I went to the second place that she described which was
actually the Port of Valdez on the south side Resurrection Bay. I
expected to see tankers lined up since this was the end of the Trans Alaskan
Pipeline, but I didn't see a single tanker. The weather started getting
better and it stopped raining. The streams were filled with Salmon and
other fish. There was a variety of birds everywhere eating there hearts
out before they flew south for the winter. I was very glad that the
waitress sat down with me and talked for a while, it gave me a lot of insight on
the trip and what to see in Valdez Alaska.
