6/10: Predator and Prey – On the Way to Denali
Everyone back on the bus, we moved out and soon came upon more caribou: Kirsty stopped the bus and pointed up on the hill – how did she spot this guy? It was a Cross Fox, meaning it is a mix of red […]
6/11: Our Lucky Day
There are several activities to choose from at Kantishna Roadhouse; you can do a guided hike, flyfish for grayling, or pan for gold. I’d already taken care of our plans for the morning, having reserved a flight seeing tour of Mt. McKinley with Kantishna Air Taxi. Given the […]
6/12: Goodbye, Denali … We’ll Miss You
We missed the 5am wake up call to catch the bus back to the Train Depot!!! No worries, Lou had booked us on a flight from Kantishna to the park entrance when he stepped into the Kantishna Air office the day before and we weren’t leaving until 8am. […]
6/12: The Great Rail Road Snafu: Part 2
We saw some of our travel mates, and they said they’d seen five bears on the bus trip this morning! I was happy for them, but not disappointed because our flight was spectacular. We had a short wait to board the train: Here it comes !!! […]
6/13: Are There Any Bears in Alaska?
We were picked up at 7am by a nice young lady from Rust’s Flying Service. We knew we wanted to increase the odds of seeing bears on this trip, so we booked a fly in – fly out tour at the Lodge on Redoubt Bay. This wasn’t the […]
6/14: Going Home & Final Words
We caught the 4am Hotel Shuttle to the Anchorage airport. We checked in for our 6:05 flight. Everything went smoothly with our travel today. We flew from Anchorage to Minneapolis/St. Paul to Detroit to Bangor, Maine. We arrived in Bangor close to midnight – tired, but happy to […]
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