When we went to the Denali Visitor Center DDG was most disappointed to find that the animal exhibits, which in all the other NPs we have visited have been very fine examples of the taxidernists' art, are here all made of fiberglass.
First, here's a shot of one of the Denali Princess buildings at the foot of Mt Healy which seems to look over our shoulders all day. Not bad, eh?
On our 5 hour jaunt (by bus) through the Park, we saw almost no wildlife for the first 4 hours. Here's the exception, woohoo:
However, on the way out, we were fortunate enough to hit the two biggies, a Moose and a Grizzlie:
Got back to the hotel about 7:00, dinner and early to bed so we can have the luggage outside the room by 6:30 and be on the bus to the train station by 7:30. On the train by 8:00 where we will spend the day, arriving in Whittier where we'll get on the cruise boat around 5:15.
This is as good a place as any to apologize for the quality of the pictures in this Alaskan trip Blog. There are two factors at work. First, we did not bring MMG's "Big Lens" and camera, so we're making do with a smaller camera, our new Canon Powershot G10, which, while it is a very fine camera with many capabilities, just can't get us "up close and personal" like MMG's could. Second, most of the pictures have been taken through the windows of whatever bus or train we were on, adding the problems of shooting around fellow travelers, through windows with reflections, at whatever speed we are moving down the track or road.
Not sure about the wifi situation on the boat, so this may be the last you get for a while.
Love to all,
MMG and DDG
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