Today was a busy day. We got up at 5:00 a.m. so we could have our continental breakfast at the hotel and be ready for our tour bus at 6:10 a.m.
We had signed up for a 13 hour bus tour, Kantishna Roadhouse, that takes one through the park, from the park entrance to a private lodge 90 miles into the park, a lunch at the roadhouse, and then back out.
I included only a few photographs today. Most of the photographs of animals that I took were at a distance and I need to work on those photographs on my other computer since that is where my better photo-editing software is.
The photographs above are (in order):
Moose (Bull) in a pond,
Karen and Judy panning for gold,
Sled dogs in action,
Mt. McKinley / Denali from about 75 - 80 miles away, and
Mt. McKinley / Denali from the last visitor's center, approximately 45 miles away.
In summary, following are the animals we had the opportunity to see on our travels today:
Moose,
Grizzly (not close), one with two cubs,
Golden Eagle,
Caribou,
Dall Sheep,
Wolf (only Karen in our group of four saw it, several others on the bus did as well).
At the Kantishna Roadhouse we had the option of either gold panning or a sled dog demonstration. Judy, Karen and I chose the gold panning, Frank just watched. Both Judy and Karen found some gold in their pan, I did not.
The road out and back was very narrow and winding. Parts of it were also on the edge of steep drop-offs.
We were returned to our motel about 7:15 p.m. - a long day.
For supper we went back to Denali Gulch, but ate at Prospector Pizza - a much 'safer' eating place.
Signed;
The Wayward Travelers.
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