Said good bye to North Pole - left @ 6:45 a.m. headed for Denali National Park. We got there around 10:30 a.m. and went to visitor's center for our park stamp and then decided to drive in as far as we could which is about 15 miles. We had taked the 40 mile bus trip before when we were here, but Barb and Frank had not done this before. It was a great drive although we did not see any wildlife except lots and lots of rabbits! No caribou, bears, sheep, etc. We did get a peek at the mountain (it is usually covered in clouds) as it was only partially covered today. We stopped at a turnout and made lunch in the RV with the view of the mtn. out the window. We took our RV into the park and then picked up theirs on the way out.
We had not planned on a long drive today - our final destination is Talkeetna and that is where Jerry and I have our glacier flight scheduled for tomorrow. The drive took us from the north face of Mt. McKinley (which was in the park) around the east and south sides as well. The views from those sides were even more fabulous as the clouds were not as dense on those sides. In fact we were able to see the summit and the whole of the range at a few points. I wish we had stopped more often for pictures but we were usually past the turnouts before we realized what great views could be had from these points.
The rest of the day's drive was rather boring after all that impressive stuff, but we finally arrived at Talkeetna. We drove over 300 miles today which was farther than we thought and we were glad to get to campground. Talkeetna is a rather small town, but has lots of McKinley flightseeing tours. Had a light dinner and used time to catch up on blog as we had internet access. I spent time loading some pictures and I am still not quite caught up with that, but getting closer. More tomorrow....Linda
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