Forente staterResolution Park61°13’4” N 149°53’49” W
6. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
We flew from Charlotte and arrived at the airport in Anchorage. After a night's sleep at the Captain Cook Hotel, we set out the next day for Talkeetna.
Forente staterTalkeetna Airport62°19’30” N 150°6’5” W
7. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Breakfast was at the Captain Cook Hotel before we boarded the bus for Talkeetna and the Princess McKinley Lodge. We checked into our room, then had time to wander through the lovely town. We saw aLes mer
Forente staterDenali Pass63°5’8” N 151°0’18” W
7. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 9 °F
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. WeLes mer
Forente staterY Lake62°18’13” N 150°4’16” W
8. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 32 °F
In the morning we went to the Talkeetna training center of Jerry Sousa, a contender for the championship of the Iditerod dog sled race. We followed in a four-wheeler and the dogs led theirLes mer
Forente staterHealy63°52’13” N 149°3’6” W
8. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F
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 toLes mer
Forente staterDenali Borough63°28’45” N 149°28’38” W
9. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 32 °F
In the morning we were scheduled for a nature trip into Denali National Park, but an unexpected snow storm had closed the roads into the park. The scene in the lodge was pandemonium, as guests crowdedLes mer
Forente staterWhittier Creek60°46’42” N 148°41’60” W
10. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
The next morning, September 10 we boarded a train near the Denali Princess Lodge for the trip to Whittier, where we would meet our ship, the Coral Princess. It is amazing that we had already done soLes mer
Forente staterHaenke Island59°58’9” N 139°32’21” W
11. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
Upon arriving at the ship, we went through the safety drill, then went to dinner. We found our dinner companions to be very interesting people, including two homosexual Roman Catholic priests, and aLes mer
Forente staterBoulder Island58°32’55” N 136°0’6” W
12. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
On September 12 we had a day at sea and a presentation by the ship’s naturalist, Kathy Slamp, before the ship sailed into Glacier Bay National Park to view Johns Hopkins, Margerie and Lamplugh andLes mer
Forente staterChilkoot River59°22’8” N 135°38’1” W
13. september 2012, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
On the morning of September 13 we docked at Scagway. I got a beautiful picture of the Star Princess tying up on the dock behind us. We had some time to tour the town before a ferry took us to Haines.Les mer
