Saturday, June 29, 2013

DENALI NATIONAL PARK JUNE 26

Off to Denali, taking the Talkeetna Spur road south to Parks Highway and heading north toward Fairbanks.

                                           Camper Park, Talkeetna
 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
                                       George Parks Highway ..so far so good..no construction
 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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