We spent eight nights at Denali National Park. It was much colder and snowier than we expected. We had sun. We had rain. We had snow. But the cold kept the Alaskan mosquitoes away and the snow created beautiful wintry landscapes. We visited the working sled dog kennels in the park. And we stayed in three different campgrounds – including one that was truly in the wilderness, 30 miles from the park entrance and main services. It's no wonder that we like Alaska.

Sled Dogs

Riley Campground

Mountain View Trail

Porcupines

Willow Ptarmigan

Teklanika River

Caribou

We humans like to leave our mark. Teklanika River bus shelter

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Dahl Sheep high on a mountainside

East  Fork River

Savage River Campground

Ptarmigan in a snowstorm

Snowshoe Hare

Mountain Scenes

Alaska Railroad Trestle

Denali Scenes

The Mountain

And this is a link to one of our drives through a snowstorm: 

https://youtu.be/jsZ20bcO0DU

 

 In 2022 we made the road trip of a lifetime. We drove and camped from our home in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Denali National Park in Alaska. It was an 11,000 mile trip. We started planning our return trip for the following summer before we even left Alaska. Life intervened. We both experienced health problems that limited our travels. In February of this year when Michael's doctors' declared that the immediate crisis had passed, we came home and made camping reservations for eight nights at Denali. So here we are in Alaska again. Thanks for all your support over the last few years.

Welcome to Alaska

Deadman Lake

Canadian Jays

Baird's Sandpiper

Spruce Grouse

For a video of this Spruce Grouse, visit 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N9oG-T6TGzU

(Be patient: Wait, wait, wait.)

Lakes along the way

Fairbanks

Mike running the Iditarod 

Museum of the North

Chena River at the Rosehips Campground

Chena Hot Springs

Picnic grounds along the highway

Snowshoe Hare