Yukon Campgrounds and boondocking sites
I've about finished my series of Web pages detailing campgrounds, rest areas, viewpoints, etc., that are useful to the RVing crowd. While it will get expanded a lot during this coming season (now that...
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The Web Pages look like an incredible source of info and guidance....with a clear separation between information and the links to infomercials.
Just one small point-out...hopefully not taken as a bash and hopefully I don't get bashed for posting: On the Glenn Highway page, reference is made to:
....."the "ghost forests" around the mouth of the Knik River are the result of the ground dropping up to 30 feet during the huge 1964 earthquake and saltwater drowning the trees."......
While terrain subsidence probably happened in many places throughout the Pacific Rim in Alaska after the '64 quake, the primary (and most well known roadside area) that this happened is around the old town of Portage on the Seward Highway south of Girdwood that encompasses the mouth of Portage Creek, 20-Mile river, and a couple of others. This is the place that is most often (in my experience) referred to as the "ghost forest"....and while the flora is changing, one can still see quite a few "ghost trees" as well as vintage early 1900's ruined buildings....seen from the roadside as it's not entirely practical or safe to approach any closer.
The mouth of the Knik is in an intertidal zone (a good part of the Knik river is influenced by tides) and, although it has it's fair share of standing dead spruce (as does much of Alaska), the ghost forest is much more pronounced at Portage. The Knik crosses the Glenn Highway between Eklutna and the Palmer-Wasilla "Y"....and the actual mouth of the Knik (where it meets Cook Inlet) is not terribly visible directly from the road.
Just one small point-out...hopefully not taken as a bash and hopefully I don't get bashed for posting: On the Glenn Highway page, reference is made to:
....."the "ghost forests" around the mouth of the Knik River are the result of the ground dropping up to 30 feet during the huge 1964 earthquake and saltwater drowning the trees."......
While terrain subsidence probably happened in many places throughout the Pacific Rim in Alaska after the '64 quake, the primary (and most well known roadside area) that this happened is around the old town of Portage on the Seward Highway south of Girdwood that encompasses the mouth of Portage Creek, 20-Mile river, and a couple of others. This is the place that is most often (in my experience) referred to as the "ghost forest"....and while the flora is changing, one can still see quite a few "ghost trees" as well as vintage early 1900's ruined buildings....seen from the roadside as it's not entirely practical or safe to approach any closer.
The mouth of the Knik is in an intertidal zone (a good part of the Knik river is influenced by tides) and, although it has it's fair share of standing dead spruce (as does much of Alaska), the ghost forest is much more pronounced at Portage. The Knik crosses the Glenn Highway between Eklutna and the Palmer-Wasilla "Y"....and the actual mouth of the Knik (where it meets Cook Inlet) is not terribly visible directly from the road.
