12-21-2025, 05:50 PM
Hi guys!
Working on TPO003 mail-circuit here; first leg from Wasilla to Palmer is just a short hop so I decided to divert a little and marvel at the surroundings of the Matanuska-Susitna Valley!
Again, this is the old I-Follow-Roads navigation method
Morning at PAWS Wasilla
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-01.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/mkdKkk75/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-01.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-02.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vv72vvXh/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-02.jpg)
The Talkeetna Mountains
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-03.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/C5v955b6/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-03.jpg)
Wasilla Lake
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-04.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Kj9CjjtV/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-04.jpg)
Following the Parks Highway to the East
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-05.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/QC6vCCcR/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-05.jpg)
Turning South along the Glenn Highway
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-06.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/tJr8JJFK/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-06.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-07.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/qqmWqq8f/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-07.jpg)
Glenn Highway over Knik River
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-08.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/qqmWqq8V/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-08.jpg)
The Knink Arm opening to the West
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-09.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/T1kB11rv/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-09.jpg)
Turning back will follow the Glenn Highway firt North and then East the PAAQ Palmer
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-10.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/C5v955jw/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-10.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-11.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/d3Wg338K/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-11.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-12.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/SRZHRRW4/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-12.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-13.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Wz9xzzMb/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-13.jpg)
East to Palmer
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-14.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/tJr8JJhR/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-14.jpg)
Roughly on base leg
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-15.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vv72vvjf/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-15.jpg)
There!
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-16.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/fyH1yyxb/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-16.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-17.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/90xs00Gz/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-17.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-18.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/fW5GB21X/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-18.jpg)
Working on TPO003 mail-circuit here; first leg from Wasilla to Palmer is just a short hop so I decided to divert a little and marvel at the surroundings of the Matanuska-Susitna Valley!
Again, this is the old I-Follow-Roads navigation method
Morning at PAWS Wasilla
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-01.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/mkdKkk75/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-01.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-02.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vv72vvXh/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-02.jpg)
The Talkeetna Mountains
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-03.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/C5v955b6/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-03.jpg)
Wasilla Lake
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-04.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Kj9CjjtV/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-04.jpg)
Following the Parks Highway to the East
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-05.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/QC6vCCcR/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-05.jpg)
Turning South along the Glenn Highway
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-06.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/tJr8JJFK/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-06.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-07.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/qqmWqq8f/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-07.jpg)
Glenn Highway over Knik River
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-08.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/qqmWqq8V/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-08.jpg)
The Knink Arm opening to the West
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-09.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/T1kB11rv/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-09.jpg)
Turning back will follow the Glenn Highway firt North and then East the PAAQ Palmer
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-10.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/C5v955jw/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-10.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-11.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/d3Wg338K/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-11.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-12.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/SRZHRRW4/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-12.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-13.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Wz9xzzMb/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-13.jpg)
East to Palmer
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-14.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/tJr8JJhR/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-14.jpg)
Roughly on base leg
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-15.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Vv72vvjf/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-15.jpg)
There!
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-16.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/fyH1yyxb/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-16.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-17.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/90xs00Gz/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-17.jpg)
![[Image: 20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-18.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/fW5GB21X/20251221-PAWS-PAAQ-18.jpg)


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