Denali Visit - Day 2

On our second day we hiked the trails around the front part of the park. The trees have turned their fall colors.


There are some aspen trees in the park that do turn orange and somewhat red, a contrast to the yellow leaves we see in Fairbanks.

We hiked to Horseshoe Lake. This is a picture of a large beaver pond on one edge of the lake.

The low bush cranberries are ready to be picked. Josh really enjoyed eating them! This has been a great weekend, and we will be back in just over a week.

We were lucky to get a lottery pass to drive the road on September 15, thanks to some friends. I am really looking forward to driving in all the way in our own vehicle, something I have never done. (Usually you can only go beyond mile 17 if you are on one of the bus tours.)

Slide show from Day 1

A sampling of some of the pictures from our hike on Saturday along the Savage River.

Denali Park - Day 1

We drove to Denali National Park on Friday evening, staying at a campground just north of the park. On Saturday we drove to the Savage River, and walked the trail along the river. We were able to see a magnificent Dall sheep. We sat and watched him work his way from one side of the valley, across the river, and then up the mountain on the other side of the river. I did get a short video of the sheep, which I will attempt to load tomorrow, along with a slide show of some of the pictures from our Saturday hike.

The sheep was not the only one doing some climbing!