• North to Alaska By RV 2021
    Our first glimpse of Denali was in Willow, AK.
    Denali in its full majesty ... with its Alaska Range Cohorts — Denali State Park, AK.1A closer look at Denali from the Southview Overlook at the Denali State Park, AK.Jagged peaks indicate that the mountains of the Alaska Range are young ... geologically speaking."Making memories" — Denali from the Denali State Park, AK.

    The Great One Uncloaked

    14. mai 2021, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 43 °F

    When we first visited Alaska in 2001, our Princess CruiseTour took us to Denali by train. So today we had our first taste of the Parks Highway ... as far as the Denali State Park.

    Unlike Turnagain Arm, this highway is not very scenic. Trees on both sides veil the scenery from curious eyes. But the highway has one BIG thing going for it. If you’re lucky, you get to see Mount Denali (the name was officially changed from Mount McKinley in 2015). We were lucky in 2001. Twenty years later, we were lucky again.

    At over 20,000 feet, Denali is majestic. I know ... that’s an overused word, but it describes perfectly the mountain that the indigenous people of Alaska knew as the “Great One.” The mountain presented itself to us many times throughout the day. But our best views were from the South Viewpoint at Denali State Park.    Les mer

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