Thursday, July 8, 2010

Denali National Park











We went to Denali National Park today. It was great. We'd heard that it is really rare to see the mountain because of the cloud cover. Well today was as clear as a bell. We could see both peaks of Mt. McKinley. It's over 20,000 ft. tall. The highest peak in North America. I got a picture of a moose; in fact we got pictures of two moose in two different places. We saw five grizzles. Two were a mated pair, and the other three were a mother and her three year old cubs. We saw a wolf but it was too far away to get a picture. We also saw a male moose with a hugh rack. He was up on a hill, so no picture. This was the best tour. The bus was late picking us up due to miscommunication. We were on and off the bus for about 14 hours. We stopped at the end of the road ( 92 miles) where a lodge is located. We had a lovely lunch and we could walk around before our trip back down the road. We got home about 8:00 this evening. The big joke here is we'll get back to our rig before the sun goes down. It never really sets until August. I hope you all get a chance to see this beautiful place.
That's all for tonight. Love, Mom and Dad




2 comments:

Mark said...

Those are great pictures of the mountain. I can't believe your luck with all the rain that you've had over the past few days.

Christy said...

So cool you got to see a moose and bears! Love you and miss you! Nick misses you too!