Goodbye Denali

Slept in this morning since we had a pretty early start yesterday. Drove out to a small town north of the park for gas and propane. Steady rain all morning. Did a little shopping at the galleries on the highway and then grabbed a shuttle up to the Grand Denali Lodge for early lunch. We wanted to see the view, and it did not disappoint us. Beautiful lodge perched up on the mountain. 9 switchbacks on the road up. They have a number of funny yellow caution signs, like "Entrance Do Not Enter", "This Sign Not in Use", "13 1/4 MPH, Enforced by Radar", silly but fun to read. Lunch was more fish, we just cant help but eat fish here because it is always fresh and good! Shuttled down and headed south to Talkeetna.

Had a nice drive, and were able to hit a couple of view points that actually gave us a pretty clear view of the whole mountain. I have included pic, but it was hazy so dont know that you can really see it, but we could definitely see. Mountain is in the middle of the picture, south summit clear, north summit has little cloud over it. Hope the pics on my larger camera are better. It is a huge mountain when you see it as part of the Alaska range!

Pulled into campsite about 5:30, finally took a shower after several days of none! Barbecued pork chops and rice for dinner!Read more