Four-Wheeling in the Wilderness

That afternoon we took a bus up to the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge. Besides the extravagantly glorious scenery, I found it especially interesting that there is a bush pilot airport which used to be a P-51 Mustang base during World War II. When we arrived at the lodge, we enjoyed an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) adventure in the rain on beautifully remote trails west of Healy, Alaska. Glenda was a bit afraid of the ATV’s, never having ridden one, so she and I got a tandem ATV, which drove just like a golf cart. Ours had a windshield and the rain on it made visibility almost impossible. I was exhausted when we finished, so we returned to the Denali Princess Lodge to a hearty supper.Read more