No Road - no big deal

Cordova is a beautiful place and a place that can be downright snotty at times.  A recent saying around town goes like this "The weather in Cordova can be similar to an abusive relationship, just when you can't take anymore, it changes and becomes so beautiful and amazing that any negative thoughts you had just disappear. "  Perhaps the weather in Cordova can also be compared to child birth, the pain is completely forgotten once that beautiful bambino is in your arms.  When it gets nice out it is really stunning if you take a minute to look around you.   We are lucky that it is such a mixed bag of weather, it helps create a higher level of appreciation of place.  When the sun is shining after a long rainy session, just walk around town and it looks like everyone is on happy drugs, smiles and laughter everywhere.  Not one person complaining about the suns bright glare.

There are times when it is rainy and gray in town but there is an option to take a short 14 mile drive out to Sheridan Glacier past Merle K Mudhole Smith Airport & Alaska Airlines to the broken bridge at 32 mile.  You can get you into better weather out the road, so that is always an option.  In the summer you could take an airboat across the river and get a tour of the Million Dollar Bridge with Child's Glacier Tours.  Once you get to the end at 32 mile that's it for driving.  If you really want a longer roadtrip you can turn around and go out to the end of Whitshed road, if you still need to drive head back through town and out Orca Road.  It is not a long drive but is an amazingly beautiful drive if you stop to look around, if you are feeling like you want some exercise do the trip on a bike, (you can rent one at Cordova Gear) you'll be able to log in about 45 miles of paved road with lots of options for gravel riding. The road past the Cordova City Airport next to Eyak Lake can be an additional extension for your roadtrip, it is a gravel road and offers some great views of scenery and wildlife.  Be prepared though because the weather could play a part in the drive or ride.  So, we may not have a lot of road here in Cordova, but we do have some amazing scenery and things to do along the way.  So, NO ROAD ..... can be a good thing.  Cordovan's know how to have fun and can enjoy themselves almost anywhere so NO ROAD is no big deal!

Oh, and remember we do have the Alaska Marine Highway that crosses Prince William Sound, so we do have a highway, it just is not made of asphalt.   No matter what the weather is we still have a few options for fun and adventure with NO ROAD!