Day 9 - Denali
This was our one day actually inside Denali National Park, for a Tundra Wilderness Bus Tour.
This was a fantastic tour! Our driver was a very well versed naturalist with a bit of a poetic philosopher bend, and we saw a nice variety of animals. We didn't actually see Denali mountain while in the park. That comes later...
CaribouWe saw quite a bit of caribou
CaribouYou may wonder how these are different than reindeer? Easy! Caribou are wild animals, reindeer are domesticated.
Diana & Adam at Denali
Grizzly Bears!Bus driver saw them and stopped. They walked right by!
Grizzly Bears!Mama and two cubs
Grizzly BearsJust out for a stroll on the road.
Bye bye bears
Which way?Once in the body of Alaska, every place is relative to these two cities.
Dinner - we both had the crabIt was a huge dinner, and complete covered by our meal certificates included in our Connoisseur Escorted-level cruisetour from Princess. Absolutely recommend; more than paid for itself!
Burn Scar from our lodgeAbout a month before our trip, Denali was closed due to a fire. Even fire burn scars are beautiful in Alaska!
Alaska state bird
This is the best shot of a few of these sheep we saw... generally as just white dots.
Alaska state bird