A Golden Tulip: TRAVEL DIARIES: ALASKA, DAY 2 - MATANUSKA GLACIER, GLENN HIGHWAY

Its been a week since we got back from Alaska and writing these travel diaries is a great way for me to relieve those memories. Hope you are enjoying the pictures as much as we loved taking them. On day 2, we decided to go to the Matanuska glacier on the glenn highway. Matanuska was about a 2 hours drive from where we were staying, and the drive there on the glenn highway was breathtakingly beautiful. The landscapes on every turn of the road made us stop every few miles to soak in the beauty. You see the creeks, rivers, lakes and finally the beautiful glacier.

Ready to hit the road

Melted glacier water everywhere

Granite creek

I can stay here all day

The drive

First sight of Matanuska glacier

School with a glacier view

Glacier zoomed in

Ice cream with a glacier view

Ice cream on the top of the mountains is always a good idea

Matanuska

Fish tacos at Sheep Mountain Lodge, so good!

Mushroom-barley soup, yum!

Doing a short hike on the mountains

Cabin in the woods

We made a booking with the mica guides to do an ice-fall trek on the glacier. The trek and the guide explaining about the little aspects on the glaciers like dirt cones, ablation, accumulation, etc., which otherwise i wouldn't have paid much attention to, was worth it. The walk on the glacier itself was quite easy with the hiking shoes, and the crampons they provide. All you need is a backpack with your essentials and sunglasses, it is extra sunny when you are on the ice.