Off to Denali, taking the Talkeetna Spur road south to Parks Highway and heading north toward Fairbanks.
Waiting in line to empty holding.." dump"
Alaska Railroad Depot behind us
Fairbanks!!!!!
Big Dump Truck on a trailer parked right by us-huge, tires 6ft tall
And no mountains..maybe we can get better mileage ..
10 instead of 8.7 ..Wahoo
Trapper Creek
Look at the junk around this house!!
Finally had to show typical "yards".
It's WAL MIKE'S ..
This is truly wilderness..just natural beauty..
No road signs..No litter
Wild animals, attack mosquitoes...where's the bears?
Fabulous, unending, beautiful, serene views
Oh, Oh, thought we were in the clear... Road Repair
Alaska Railroad- Double decker observation cars
Princess Cruise Lines Cars
See Buzz we could have been on one of those..LOL
What highway is that??? There's an arrow both ways.
Nenana River--sign was a target for some frustrated hunter
or driver from ROAD Construction.
Finally... Denali!
Driving into the Park
All the campgrounds were full so we went back to
Denali Grizzly Bear RV Park, left "Dora" and came back
with "Boots" to tour the park
Even road repair in the park
The park has only one road in, and private vehicles can only
travel 15 miles into the park.
The park road paved for the 15 miles;
and, can you believe it..no one checks for paid entrance fee
This road travels the high tundra with a few trees-
Black Spruce and willows.
End of the line-closed to private vehicles-narrow two lane gravel road
Savage River--higher than tree line
Kinda cool..sun going down..as low as it gets..never dark.
Look, an animal..what is it? Caribou grazing
Where's my BEARS?
Railroad trestle over Nenana River (Nee Nan Ah)
Tomorrow: We purchased tickets to ride the bus to Eielson Visitor Center--66 miles into the park, an
8 hr trip. The furthest trip is 92 miles (12hr trip) where the road ends at Kantishna, an old
mining camp, now a lodge. Of Course too long and too much deniro.
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