McKinley Park, États Unis Carnets et blogs de voyage

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- 23 août 2022 à 22:02
- 🌙 12 °C
- Altitude: 490 m
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Riley Creek 63.731339, -148.894763°43’53” N 148°53’41” W
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Jour 22
Riley Campground
23 août 2022, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Auf dem Camping angekommen duschten wir und Tinu bereitete auf dem Feuer die Steaks mit den Kartoffel zu. Dazu gab es nich die letzten Biere der Winterlong Beauerei von Whitehorse.😋
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28/08/2022Répondre
Voyageur Prost🍻😄
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On the road again Inside Passage & Denali - 2016
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- 21 juin 2016 à 14:32
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitude: 479 m
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Kingfisher Creek 63.74435, -148.8986863°44’40” N 148°53’55” W
Jour 12
Denali
21 juin 2016, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
We're staying at the Princess Wilderness Lodge in Denali National Park. The mountain makes its own whether it was shrouded in clouds. Two days in Denali National Park is just too short. But we went to see the sled dogs and took the Natural History tour. The dogs were great - we love their joy & energy when they're harnessed to work!

But the highlight of our trip was seeing a close encounter between a grizzly bear and six unsuspecting tourists. The tourists did exactly what they're supposed to do - holding up their arms and trying to look as big as possible and making a lot of noise to scare off the bear. The bear checked them out and decided he wanted nothing to do with them and wandered off!!En savoir plus
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Bobbi and Rod Reeves Alaska Adventure 2018
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- 8 juin 2018 à 20:39
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 1 709 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Horseshoe Lake 63.737175, -148.91502463°44’14” N 148°54’54” W
Jour 24
Hiking Denali
8 juin 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The weather was great for hiking - in the mid 50's - and that's what we did today.

We went back to Denali and hiked two trails. The first was Horseshoe Lake Trail. As the name suggests, the trail takes you down and around Horseshoe Lake. This trail has a 20% slope down (which you have to go back up!). Along the lake you can see beavers, their dams and trees that they are gnawing on or have felled. We also saw a snowshoe hare. The trail also takes you along the Nenana River. A beautiful hike!

Our next trail connected with the Horseshoe Lake Trail and it was the Taiga Trail. Taiga Trail is slightly easier with only a 15% slope. This trail leads you back to the Visitors Center. While hiking this trail we came across a moose - up close and personal! It was right off the trail.

After the hike we decided to drive in the RV as far as the Park allows private vehicles to go in the Park - 15 miles.En savoir plus
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Bobbi and Rod Reeves Alaska Adventure 2018
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- 6 juin 2018 à 17:31
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 1 604 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Junco Creek 63.746517, -148.89808763°44’47” N 148°53’53” W
Jour 22
On to Denali
6 juin 2018, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We left Fairbanks and headed southwest on the Parks Highway, also known as Alaska 3. You can see where parts of the road have the dips and heaves showing it was built on permafrost. Also, you pass an access road that leads to Clear, a large radar site that is part of the ballistic missile early warning system. After crossing the the Tanana River we stopped in the village of Nenana. This village is used as a transfer point for fuel and other goods from the railroad to river barges headed for villages on the Tanana and Yukon Rivers. Nenana is known for their Nenana Ice Classic, an annual betting pool where hundreds of thousands of dollars are wagered by people around the world trying to guess the exact day and time in the spring when the river ice will go out. Of course we placed our wagers! When the Alaska Railroad was completed in 1923 President Harding drove a golden spike in Nenana to commemorate the railroad completion. Nenana has also been a stop for the Iditarod Race. We then continued on to Denali.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Lurie 2017 Alaska RV Adventure
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- 16 juin 2017 à 14:41
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 1 604 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Kingfisher Creek 63.74423, -148.8964863°44’39” N 148°53’47” W
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Jour 10
Denali...
16 juin 2017, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Long drive but we made it. The most spectacular scenery you can imagine. We saw Moose drinking on the side of the road on the way too!

Staying at a very special campground, 20 miles into the park ... Tough spot to reserve and completely off the grid. Should be awesome!En savoir plus
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Bobbi and Rod Reeves Alaska Adventure 2018
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- 7 juin 2018 à 22:59
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 1 572 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Riley Creek 63.728443, -148.88656663°43’42” N 148°53’12” W
Jour 23
Denali
7 juin 2018, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
We were lucky today as we saw many animals: grizzly bears, moose, caribou, ptarmigan, and Dall sheep. Sometimes they were behind trees, down in the valley, up the side of a mountain and others were close. We were lucky in that we were able to see Mt McKinley! See photo 4 - in the middle of the photo you see two white peaks - that is Mt. McKinley. Photo six is a zoomed in view of Mt McKinley. It was about 70 miles away and the elevation is 20,310 feet.En savoir plus
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Bobbi and Rod Reeves Alaska Adventure 2018
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- 7 juin 2018 à 22:11
- 🌧 9 °C
- Altitude: 1 572 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Riley Creek 63.728443, -148.88656663°43’42” N 148°53’12” W
Jour 23
Denali National Park and Preserve
7 juin 2018, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Today was spent touring Denali National Park. We took the Wilderness Tundra bus tour which was about 8 hours long.

Denali National Park and Preserve has just one road, called the Denali Park Road, and it is the only way in and out. The road is 92 miles long, and only the first 15 miles of it are paved. That paved portion, leading from the park entrance to Savage River, is open during the summer for public vehicles to drive, which is why we did a tour so that we could go deeper in the park. The remainder of the road is packed gravel and there are no guard rails. We traveled about 2/3 of the 92 miles. Today, 100 years ago, the 1st party to set foot on the highest part happened. At this moment, there are 500 climbers on the mountain.

In 1917, Congress created this park for one main reason: to protect Dall sheep and was called Mt. McKinley. In 1906 gold was being mined by approximately 2000 people. Dalo sheep were in abundance in this area and were hunted to provide food. In 1980 Congress expanded the park boundaries and added other reasons for its existence, including protection of North America's tallest mountain (now called Denali) and to provide a place for wilderness recreation. The word "Denali" means "the high one" in the native Athabaskan language and refers to the mountain itself. Denali is a huge park (more than 6 million acres), but has very few trails. This is intentional - to preserve wilderness recreation.En savoir plus
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Jenn Jinhong Alaska - June 2022
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- 26 juin 2022 à 20:36
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1 506 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Junco Creek 63.749358, -148.90486263°44’58” N 148°54’18” W
Jour 8
Enjoying Mckinley Chatlet
26 juin 2022, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Pretty cool spot. Close to Denali park entrance and a nice place to soak in the breathtaking surroundings. Looking forward to our adventures tomorrow exploring the park.
Mom saw a Moose on the ride up, but I missed it…
Come on Moose, I just need 1 good pic.En savoir plus
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North to Alaska By RV 2021
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- 27 mai 2021 à 19:00
- ☁️ 46 °F
- Altitude: 1 591 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Junco Creek 63.748913, -148.89923463°44’56” N 148°53’57” W
Jour 25
Dinner Time!
27 mai 2021, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Moose-AKa’s is one of the restaurants at the Boardwalk Mall in the Denali Park Commercial Area. The name is a play on words ... pronounced like moussaka ... an eggplant dish that is popular in the Balkans and the Middle East.

Seeing the “Open” sign, we decided to have dinner there tonight. Reservations were requested, so we called in to make one, but they likely would have been able to seat us had we walked in since we dined early.

It’s an interesting place with a menu based on Serbian dishes. As Mike, the chef/owner, said when we queried him on his choice of cuisine, “There are seafood, burger, and pizza joints all over the area, this is something out of the ordinary.”

Interestingly, Mike is an Air Force brat who is from Guam. The only waiter, Zac, is from Alabama. The only Serbian in the place is the hostess, Maja. Together, they make a great team. We were as pleased with the service as we were with the tasty food.

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For those interested in such things, we started out by sharing the Meze Platter ... consisting of Mekice (Serbian fry bread ... served with cream cheese and a traditional red pepper spread called Ajvar); Schnitzel fingers; Crêpadilla (a cross between a quesadilla and a crêpe ... served with a mildly spicy sauce); and Russian Salad (sort of a potato salad with sweet peas, carrots, chicken, boiled egg and pickles).

Since the meze platter was filling enough, we each opted for a single fried crêpe sautéed with Serbian seasonings ... mine was filled with ground beef and bacon and came with a carrot chutney that our Serbian hostess said was a 200 year old family recipe) ... Mui opted for the one that was filled with pepperoni, Mozzarella, and marinara sauce. We found them to be not unlike empanadas, but the seasoning made the taste quite different.

All of the desserts are made with crêpes except for the one described as the Special Dessert ... Serbian style cotton soft cheesecake with fresh strawberries, bananas, whipped cream, and caramel sauce ... and dusted with cinnamon. The “cheesecake” reminded us of a custard filling.En savoir plus
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Voyageur interesting food, especially for your location.
28/05/2021Répondre
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Voyageur Alaska 2023
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- 14 juin 2023 à 22:14
- ⛅ 46 °F
- Altitude: 1 549 p
- États Unis Alaska Denali Borough McKinley Park Horseshoe Lake 63.74, -148.90833363°44’24” N 148°54’30” W
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Jour 7
Denali - Day 1
14 juin 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Today we rode the bus into Denali National Park. We saw moose, caribou, dahl sheep and a brief siting of a brown bear. Most of the animals were too far away to get a photo and there seemed to be less wildlife. We could only drive half the road due to the Polychrome landslide which is causing major road repairs. We also hiked around Horseshoe Lake which had lots of beaver sign... 9 dams and lots of spruce trees chewed down by beavers. Beautiful hike.En savoir plus
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Voyageur When are you sleeping???!?!
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