That may have been a long drive to Wrangell-St. Elias but I'm betting you'll agree with me that the Glenn Highway is SPECTACULAR. (I did a 560 mile driving day which included it -- from Fairbanks back to Anchorage via Wrangell - St. Elias (round trip from Glennallen to Chitina, see below)).
I covered a mile or two of the road to McCarthy. I had found on Google "street view" here in Las Vegas that one could technically enter the actual boundary of the national park on that road shortly after crossing the Chitina River, and that except for a very short section it was paved.
"Goats or Dalls sheep" was EXACTLY what I was thinking when I saw your picture!
If I were to live in Alaska it would HAVE to be in Anchorage with you, simply because I'm such a restaurant freak.
You lucky guy -- you've got the Moose's Tooth! (And if you want to get crazy, Chillkoot Charlie's!)
