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Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
(and Professional Travelers)
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Denali National Park |
| Denali National Park was created in 1917 and has grown to over 6 million acres.You can only drive your own vehicle a short distance within the park - only up to mile 15. There are several site-seeing bus tours you can purchase. Leashed pets are allowed on the road and in entrance area campgrounds, but they can't be left unattended. There are many hiking paths throughout the park and the park offers discovery hikes. You can ride your bicycle along bike trails and long the main park road but not off-road. |
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The two RV Gypsies took a
tour bus to the end of the road in Denali National Park - mile 90 - Kantishna.
There were frequent stops with soda and cookies. This trip yielded a "grand
slam" - views of Mt. McKinley, a grizzly bear, moose, caribou, fox,
arctic ground squirrels, ......the only thing we missed seeing is a wolf.
(bears so far away they can hardly be seen are "gummy bears"
and they don't count). |
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A recent landslide in the
park |
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A
peek at the peak of Mt. McKinley (the white in the background) - 20,320 feet tall (almost 4 miles high) - |
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Beautiful mountains throughout
Denali National Park |
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| many of the
mountains had Dall Sheep on them |
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| Wicked, twisted roads and the steep cliffs below and above the road - yes, this road is for 2-way traffic - yes there was a close call coming around a corner. | |
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looking out the window of the bus |
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Arctic Poppies - the tour
bus driver said this was the only place they grew |
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| Lee thought the snow splotches on the mountain looked like eyes and denali could be a hat - the photo on the left looks like it has an angry up-turned lip | |
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Ponds and lakes with great
reflections |
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A beaver dam |
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People on hiking trails
- there are lots of hiking trails in the park |
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| Eielson Visitor Center - there was a black fox here, but we only got it on video camera, not in a photograph - Karen took photos of Mt. McKinley that she believes could win in a photography contest - so of course they won't be posted. | |
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| This all day tour to the end of the road - ended at a lodge where we were greeted by pleasant servers, a salad, soup, and make-your-own sandwich bar, plus desert. Excellent food. Then we did some panning for gold. - no luck - | |
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also - wildlife - ATV backcountry tour and a Jeep backcountry tour, a Horse drawn covered wagon ride and more |
panning
for gold