On Sunday before leaving Fairbanks we drove out to see Musk Oxen at the U. Of Alaska research center. It wasn’t open today but we saw some anyway.
We drove to Denali. The next day we did an 8 hour trip into Denali. We saw lots of wildlife: bears, caribou, moose (with two little ones) and our favorite a lynx.
This morning (Tues) we packed up and drove towards Anchorage. We had lunch in Trapper Creek. The first place where we stopped we were about to get out when we saw a man with a big gun strapped to his hip, we decided to go on. At the gas station we saw a man with a knife on his hip. We were a little nervous around all those armed people.
After lunch we drove to Talkeena which is base camp for hikers attempting Mt Mckinley. It was such a cute little town that we got out and walked around. We went in the Roadhouse where the hikers meet, eat and sleep before their attempt.
Before getting to Anchorage we went through Wasilla, home of Sara Palin. They didn’t have a single sign saying anything about her being from that town. Wasilla is also the place where they have the Iditarod Museum. We went in and watched a film. It was very interesting.
We got off the highway at Eagle River and went to look at a hotel. It was too expensive for us so we drove on (about 20 minutes) into Anchorage where the hotels were even more expensive and not nearly as nice. We ended up going back to Eagle River and checking into the Microtel which we couldn’t afford ($150) but we had no choice.
We drove to Denali. The next day we did an 8 hour trip into Denali. We saw lots of wildlife: bears, caribou, moose (with two little ones) and our favorite a lynx.
This morning (Tues) we packed up and drove towards Anchorage. We had lunch in Trapper Creek. The first place where we stopped we were about to get out when we saw a man with a big gun strapped to his hip, we decided to go on. At the gas station we saw a man with a knife on his hip. We were a little nervous around all those armed people.
After lunch we drove to Talkeena which is base camp for hikers attempting Mt Mckinley. It was such a cute little town that we got out and walked around. We went in the Roadhouse where the hikers meet, eat and sleep before their attempt.
Before getting to Anchorage we went through Wasilla, home of Sara Palin. They didn’t have a single sign saying anything about her being from that town. Wasilla is also the place where they have the Iditarod Museum. We went in and watched a film. It was very interesting.
We got off the highway at Eagle River and went to look at a hotel. It was too expensive for us so we drove on (about 20 minutes) into Anchorage where the hotels were even more expensive and not nearly as nice. We ended up going back to Eagle River and checking into the Microtel which we couldn’t afford ($150) but we had no choice.
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| Dog Sledding |
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| Musk Oxen |
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| The fall colors are fabulous |
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| These things were so heavy |
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| Even heavier |
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| Lynx |
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