Thursday, August 23, 2012

Denali National Park

While my parents were here we drove up and spent a couple days at Denali National Park.  The pictures don't come close to doing it justice, but all I can say is BEAUTIFUL!  The weather was sunny and warm.  Mt. McKinley wasn't out on our day in the park, but we did get a beautiful view on the drive up.

Our Family at Eileson Visitor Center:


Some of the views in Denali:


We saw a lot of animals: bear, birds, caribou, moose, sheep


One of the things Nathan was hoping to see (and which is rarely seen) is the wolf.  We saw two and got to watch them for quite a while.


If you look close, you can see a moose and bear close by it!


The boys tried to find gold, but were unsuccessful!  
Joshua was a caribou...for a few minutes!


You cannot drive into Denali in your own personal car.  Everyone visiting has to take a shuttle bus.  This was our green bus for the day.  It was a 12 hour trip to the end and back, but well worth it.  Our driver, Kim stopped and let us all go out and pick wild blueberries.  Jared and Nathan were eating all they could find.






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