"The bad Deal" was the best that could happen to us in Cordova :-)

So hello you guys out there!

As we did not want to keep this from you any longer, we hurried to the public library in Valdez to get free wifi :-)

So YES! WE MADE IT! The ferry was up and running when we got to the terminal! I have to say that we didn't believe it could work out... this because the whole night it rained really bad, and weather got quite stormy at times...

But, even though the weather was lots worse than two days ago (in Cordova that is), the ferry did leave, so that was a relief :-) Fortunately the travel time was approximately two hours, so we could catch up on sleep! That was a necessity since we could hardly get to sleep with the loud noise rain made on the cabin roof...

So hey, those two extra days weren't so bad after all :-) We went for two more walks (I won't call it hikes, because well... they really were to easy for that :-) ) Plus as we told you before, we met a couch surfer! He offered us his couch for one night and, yet again: it's been a really good experience with the couchsurfing network!

Our host, Rowen Deal, who they call "the bad deal" (his little brother being the "good deal" :-) ) made it an unforgettable stay! He's a really nice guy who actually bought a boat not too long ago, which is called the Hillbilly. but as soon as it will be out of the water again (because otherwise it's bad luck!), he'll give it a different name: "the bad deal" (Now that will surely humour people around here :-) )

We had salmon for dinner, a delight is all we can say about that! Reeeaalllly good!! :) And then there even was dessert! And not anything, no! We had like four flavours of Ben and Jerry's! :) yummy!! :-) Now I would understand if you found this weird, me being all happy about Ben and Jerry's ice cream!! But just the same day I wanted to buy some but we always forgot... somehow :-) Not to mention that their portions are waaay to big over here for me to eat them all by myself :-) So that was awesome :-)

And just before we left, he even helped us out with cut and dry wood for the stove at Skater's cabin! We wanted to buy some, but that was just simply impossible in Cordova :-) So thanks a lot Rowen, we slept sooo well because the cabin was niiicely heated :-)

Now we're headed off to Kennicott (Mc Carthy, Chitina, Glenallen... that area) to see a ghost town. The copper mine was abandoned as soon as the last train rode back to Cordova over the Million Dollar Bridge. (Which as they say in Cordova is now the "hundred million dollar bridge" because they redid it after the 1964 earthquake which destroyed one end.

Now I guess that's all folks... for now anyway :-)

Take care!

AnD

thx to Rowen for offering us a place to sleep :-)