We were so lucky a week ago when we came up with Deniz — Denali SP Southview, AK.

Today, Denali and the Alaska Range are veiled by rain and low clouds — Denali SP Southview, AK.

Fear not ... we manage to "see" Denali with the Peak Finder app 🤪 — Denali SP ... Southview, AK.

Denali State Park Southview

May 22, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 45 °F

We left our boondocking site along the Susitna River around 10:00a ... just as the ATVs were revving up for the day.

A detour onto Petersville Road did not yield anything exciting, so we returned to the Parks Highway to continue north. By this time, there was a steady rain to accompany our drive.

Even though Denali and the Alaska Range were veiled from our site, we stopped at the Denali State Park Southview Overlook to take a short break that turned into two hours because, first we ended up having to call T-Mobile about a roaming issue, and then we stayed on to have a hot lunch on what was a damp and dreary day.

We debated paying the $20 to use one of the parking lot campsites at this place, but decided to move on down the road instead.Read more