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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- 29.5.2021 klo 22.00
- 🌧 46 °F
- Korkeus: 2 320 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park 63.715511, -149.00413563°42’56” N 149°0’15” W
Päivä 27
Day 27 Ends With a Denali Moose
29. toukokuuta 2021, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 46 °F
It’s 10:00p. Mui’s fast asleep. I’ll join him as soon as I finish uploading this last footprint.

The rain that’s been threatening all day has finally put in an appearance. I like the sound ... especially when I am abed ... I find it very soothing.

So, obviously we’re back at the campground. But we wrapped up our day with another drive on the 15 miles of the Park Road open to private vehicles. What a difference from just a few days ago when we encountered only a few vehicles intermittently. In fact, there was a sign at the Savage River turnaround today that no parking was available. Not that we needed one anyway.

It’s the Memorial Day long weekend, so I’m not really surprised at the crowds. Luckily, it’s peaceful here at the campground.

The moose with which we ended the day isn’t at the campground, though. No, we saw it at about mile marker 10. It’s dewlap was more prominent and it had the beginnings of the antlers showing, so I think this was a bull moose ... but I didn’t get close enough to verify! In fact, this photo was taken through the car window ... safety first.Lue lisää
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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- 29.5.2021 klo 15.00
- ☁️ 52 °F
- Korkeus: 1 522 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Horseshoe Lake 63.740433, -148.90928663°44’26” N 148°54’33” W
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Päivä 27
Horseshoe Lake Trail
29. toukokuuta 2021, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
After our roadside encounter with the moose family, we drove a short distance up the Park Road to the small parking lot near the trailhead for the Horseshoe Lake Trail ... 4 miles roundtrip ... considered moderate, but mostly a gradual ascent on the way back.

Beautiful woodland setting ... lovely scenery ... nice loop around a lake, with a spur off to the banks of the Nenana River ... at least four really big beaver dams, but no beavers ... birds on trees and wading at the edge of the lake.

The downside of this trail is its popularity. We had plenty of companions on the trail, though we did manage to have some quiet time since most of the hikers were faster-paced than we were.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja pasqueflower
31.5.2021Vastaa
Matkaaja Not sure ....
31.5.2021Vastaa
Two to Travel Turns out to be a Canada jay.
2.6.2021Vastaa
Matkaaja Thanx.
3.6.2021Vastaa
Matkaaja We hiked this trail ten years ago, and watched a li'l guy (maybe four yrs old?) strip off his Tigger playsuit to play bare naked on the shore of the Nenana River! You know how cold that water is! He was having so much fun, it was a really cute to watch.
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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- 25.5.2021 klo 17.00
- ⛅ 64 °F
- Korkeus: 1 959 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Kingfisher Creek 63.742837, -148.8875663°44’34” N 148°53’15” W
Päivä 23
It’s All About the Signs
25. toukokuuta 2021, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
On our way back to the campground this afternoon, we took a detour up to the Grande Denali Lodge, which sits high on a ridge. We hope to dine at the restaurant there when it opens for the season this weekend.

The gravel/paved road is steep and zig-zaggy. Along the way there are a bunch of funny road signs. Whoever put them up has a really quirky sense of humor.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja State bird: mosquito!
26.5.2021Vastaa
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Alaska!
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- 23.5.2023 klo 16.20
- Korkeus: 624 m
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Denali National Park and Preserve Headquarters 63.72, -148.9763°43’12” N 148°58’12” W
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Denali!
23. toukokuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat
From Anchorage, we made our way to Denali. First stop? Sled dogs! Then Dave and I split from Tyler and Marissa (who is feeling really sick now). We took a 4 mile hike, and once again, Dave has tried to kill me! The backside of the hike was a straight-up and down descend covered in snow. I was wearing tennis shoes!!!!

We saw a bear, moose, caribou, squirrels, ground hog, a marmot, and a ptarmigan .Lue lisää
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Matkaaja What a perfect hiking partner!
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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- 27.5.2021 klo 15.00
- 🌧 52 °F
- Korkeus: 2 041 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Denali National Park and Preserve Headquarters 63.719559, -148.96885763°43’10” N 148°58’8” W
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It’s A Dog’s Life
27. toukokuuta 2021, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
After lunch in the Cruiser, we headed out again. The plan was to check out the exhibits at the Visitor’s Center and then go visit the dogs at the Denali National Park Kennels.

Although the website says the VC is open, what they really mean is that there is a desk outside the building where you can pay the park admission fee, pick up maps, and ask questions of the NPS Rangers on duty.

The good news ... the kennels were open. In fact, as we walked the trail from the parking lot at the Park Headquarters the yipping and yapping was an indication of their excitement. Turns out the dog walkers that exercise the dogs this time of the year had arrived and the dogs were begging to be chosen.

These animals are sled dogs. They are culturally significant in that they represent “... both the Native Alaskan and the pioneer experience in the far north; and have a role in the history of Alaska's first national park.” Their presence adds to what makes Denali NP unique ... this is the only park in the US where sled dogs help protect the “... park and the wildlife, scenery, and wilderness therein, and it has been this way nearly as long as there has been a park here.”Lue lisää
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Alaska via Canada
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- 16.7.2019 klo 9.26
- ☁️ 52 °F
- Korkeus: 2 054 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Denali National Park and Preserve Headquarters 63.72, -148.9683363°43’12” N 148°58’6” W
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Päivä 31
We LOVE Denali, even with the rain
16. heinäkuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
What a fun day, just a little bit of a number of different things to do in Denali! We caught the shuttle from our campground at 7:40 because we're had to get to the visitor center in enough time to catch the 9:15 shuttle to the sled dog kennel tour. (We had enough time to enjoy a little breakfast "snack" at the cafe!)

The sled dog kennel tour was great. You get to really see the dogs up close and personal, staff is available to answer questions and talk to you about the dogs. We were there for dogs morning breakfast. They ate all feed with "kongs", those toys that are designed to make the dog work to get his food out. We we're told it is to help stimulate their thinking as much as it is to slow down how they wolf their meal down. Really fun to watch them on the top of their house, nosing, and pawing the "kongs" around to get their kibble out. They let you pet a couple of the dogs and then they go through a demonstration of a sled training exercise! The sled dogs are used through out the winter to support various park projects, getting supplies out to remote staff, or building materials for projects. All part of the effort to maintain the practice that has been a part of the park history.

Instead of taking the bus from there we did our first Denali "hike" and hoofed it down to the visitor centre, all 1.8 miles! (Yes, down. We need to start easy and work up our endurance before making the final ascent to the "summit" at 20,000 ft. plus!) Felt good in the cool weather, with occasional light rain!

Caught another shuttle out to the main road and over to the Princess (Cruise) Lodge here to take a peak at the lobby, visit the shops and have lunch. Shuttled back to the Visitor center for a little afternoon hike out to a small river and suspension bridge, again with cool weather and light rain. But just glad we're arent dealing with the smoke they had last week. And final shuttle of the day took us back to our campground for a quiet evening!

PS. Auggie's new chew toy is history. Stuffing gone and is almost in two parts.Lue lisää
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Tom finds another friend. Lollie!
19.7.2019Vastaa
Looks like a relaxing hike. Lollie!
19.7.2019Vastaa
What kind of trees are those? Michael
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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- 25.5.2021 klo 18.00
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Korkeus: 1 617 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Kingfisher Creek 63.744307, -148.89557663°44’40” N 148°53’44” W
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Day 23 Also Ends @ the Boardwalk
25. toukokuuta 2021, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We initially planned to have dinner at the 49th State Brewing in Healy, but the sign said they were closed on Tuesdays. Then we tried the McKinley Chalet Resort across the road from the campground ... not yet open for the season. That seems par for the course during this COVID-19 summer. Most of the businesses that are planning to open for the season, are doing so over Memorial weekend.

So, we fell back on the food truck we discovered at Great 1 Grocery ... just down the road a bit from our campground. The food is quite good. Lovers of halibut that we are, we ordered the fish and chips. Excellent!Lue lisää
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Matkaaja I'd have loved it, too!
26.5.2021Vastaa
Nowhere else can beat the Fish and Chips in Alaska! And the beer at 49th is as good as that Alaskan beer...
27.5.2021Vastaa
Two to Travel I agree ... our #1 best halibut 🐟 & 🍟 is still the one we had at a shack in Seward.
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Matkaaja Alaskan adventure
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- 23.5.2018 klo 14.48
- ☁️ 55 °F
- Korkeus: 2 051 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Denali National Park and Preserve Headquarters 63.720734, -148.96650763°43’15” N 148°57’59” W
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The sled dogs of Denali
23. toukokuuta 2018, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
A couple of videos of sled dogs used in park, average dog runs 1700 miles per year , the kennel takes on average 120 trips per year supporting winter operations in the park, being designated a wilderness area no motorized equipment is used off of the main road in summer and none in the winter, I used to run sled dogs with Arnold Woodard when me and mb lived in anchorage.Lue lisää
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Alaska!
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- 19.5.2023
- ☁️ 64 °F
- Korkeus: 480 m
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Junco Creek 63.749031, -148.89903763°44’57” N 148°53’57” W
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Skagway
19. toukokuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Skagway was somewhat uneventful for us because the weather left us a little bit. We took the train over the white pass and into the Yukon. Then we took it easy. :). That was followed up by 2 days at sea where we saw whales and a calving ice berg. Dave and I enjoyed it, of course, with all our cruising antics. Marissa got sea sick sadly.Lue lisää
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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- 27.5.2021 klo 21.00
- ☁️ 46 °F
- Korkeus: 1 604 ft
- Yhdysvallat Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Denali National 63.732972, -148.89340363°43’59” N 148°53’36” W
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Day 25 Ends @ Denali’s Riley Creek Cg
27. toukokuuta 2021, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Our day started with a light rain shower ... and overcast conditions ... though the sun did make a valiant effort to break through. The first wildlife sighting of the day was a moose grazing roadside on the Park Road.

Our day is ending with a light rain shower that is pitter-pattering on the roof of the Cruiser even as I write this. Again, the sun tried to breakthrough, but the battle was won by the clouds. The last wildlife sighting of the day was a moose grazing roadside at the junction of the Park Road and the campground road.

Lesson learned ... DO NOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT THE CAMERA! Mui, that goes for you, too!Lue lisää
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