Tagged: Black Rapids

Marge Gull painting of Black Rapids Roadhouse

This painting shows Black Rapids Roadhouse, which was one of the most important and longest-operating roadhouses along the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. The remains of the roadhouse are still visible at Mile 227.5 of the Richardson...

Starwort, mushrooms and panorama at Delta River – August 2015

Went camping along the Delta River near Black Rapids this past weekend. This is a panorama looking downriver. (Click on the image for a large view.) Weather was blustery–wind blowing down the river as...

Sign of the times – Mom and Pop roadhouses and lodges along Richardson Highway fading away

  Paxson Lodge in June 2013 – only the cafe is open We drove the Richardson highway as far south as Sourdough this past week, and I was saddened by the state of most...

Roadhouse Road Trip – Fall 2011

We took one last trip in our camper before freeze-up—a 500-mile round-trip down the Richardson Highway to Gakona Junction, up the Tok Cut-off to Tok, and then home via the Alaska Highway and Richardson...