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Dalton Highway II

Sat 12-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

After a long night of worrying, Janet decided that she and Vanessa were not going to make it to the Arctic Ocean. It was still pouring rain so there was nothing for her... more

Dalton Highway I

Fri 11-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

In rain and mist we continued north on the Dalton Highway. The road surface varied from good gravel to potholed and rough gravel and good paved to broken and potholed... more

Fairbanks II

Thu 10-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

We started the day by visiting some art galleries in Fairbanks. We were interested in seeing the local art, but also wanted to see if we could see some of Ron... more

Fairbanks I

Wed 9-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

We drove the Parks Highway from Denali NP to Fairbanks. A pretty drive on a fairly decent road. In Fairbanks we stopped at the University of Alaska Museum of the North... more

Leaving Denali NP

Tue 8-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

We packed up at Teklanika CG and said good-bye to our old friends and newly met ones. The road back to the park entrance is just 29 miles, but it took over two hours... more

Denali Fog

Mon 7-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

Today David stayed at the van and worked on his pictures while Janet rode the bus one more time. The plan was to ride out to the Eielson Visitors’ Center and take... more

Denali Hike

Sun 6-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

We had another beautiful, sunny day so we took the bus and asked to be let off at the Sable Creek Bridge. From there we could easily climb the hills on the north side... more

Teklanika II

Sat 5-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

Today we hung around the campground to give our old knees a rest. Janet wandered out into the stream bed for a bit of a walk and for some wood collecting for our dinner... more

Denali Mountain

Fri 4-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel | 1 comment

Janet woke at midnight just in time to see the sun setting in a perfectly clear sky. It was all she could do to keep from waking David. But she resisted until 6:15. We... more

Denali Wildlife

Thu 3-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |

Under somewhat sunny skies we boarded a bus to drive from Teklanika to Wonder Lake. Our driver and narrator was Barr Gray (wonderful). The goal was to see some of... more