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Black Diamond Resort Co. - Otto Lake, Healy AK99743 |
Directions: Black Diamond Resort Co. is located at mile 247 on the George
Parks Highway, just 8 miles north of the Denali National Park entrance.
Turn onto Otto Lake Road and go about a half mile down the road. Phone:
707.490.2697 for reservations, prices and information. Season is usually
May 7 - September 21. |
Below: Then it was time for
the two RV Gypsies' ATV Tour, their second time on an ATV. Black Diamond
ATV tours guided the two RV Gypsies and others as they each drove their
rented 4-Wheel All Terrain Vehicle, ATV, into the backcountry
of Alaska, through an old coal mining trail and through the dry Creek
River bed where Athabaskan Indian artifacts have been found in archeological
digs. However, they were so busy trying to get over the extremely BIG
rocks without tipping their ATV over that they really did not see the
scenery very much. This was a very dirty adventure, rough, but still a
lot of fun. |
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Lee Duquette was on the ATV
in front of Karen Duquette and kept aiming the small camera backwards
without being able to look through the viewfinder. Most of the time, he
did a good job at capturing Karen on the trail behind him. |
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Below: A break to see the scenery
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Below: Two RV Gypsies and the
rest of the crew left the dusty trail for a while and drove their ATV
on rocks that just got bigger as the trail advanced. |
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Below: A bit of dust on the two RV Gypsies but that was nothing compared
to what was to come..............
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Below: Karen Duquette got
off the ATV to examine the wildlife footprint in the mud |
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This was extremely rough terrain, over
rocks, even bigger rocks, up and down tipsy curvy hills and lots of dust. |
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Below: Is this dirty enough for you?
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