Barbara Pardee last saw her friend Carol Clifton around August 2025.
Clifton hadn’t left her Dusty Trails apartment in months. She needed oxygen at that point and was self-conscious about the size of her tank. But once inside Pardee’s car, she didn’t want to go home. As they drove, Clifton pointed out old homes, old stories, old neighbors from 56 years of living in the Chilkat Valley.
They went out to Mud Bay and passed…
