By Colleen Thomas
From Tribune News Service
The rutted dirt road was proving a challenge for our rented SUV. We were 50 miles from our destination, and our speed was barely 20 mph. Would we find a place to set up camp before dark?
We were winding our way through Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park — the U.S. park system’s largest — so there had to be room for one little campsite, I thought to myself. But as we jostled in our seats past wide glacial streams and then thick brush that at times scraped against the windows, we realized the landscape was less-than-welcoming to two adventurers and a tent….