Flight Over Denali

We had scheduled a flight-seeing tour over Mount McKinley, but the weather was not cooperating. We went to the airport and were told to come back at two o'clock to see whether the weather improved. We were told to come back at four o'clock. At two o'clock we were told that the weather would definitely improve, and the aviators hoped that the weather would be good by then. At four o'clock the weather was good enough to take off, and it improved as we approached Mount McKinley. We saw the Babe Ruth Glacier and a "theater" made of ice. We flew around the Moose's Tooth and the weather cooperated beautifully. As we landed we saw the fall colors of Alaska, which appear only briefly. It was a breathtaking memoryRead more