Near Denali

Now we are camping on the outskirts of Denali preparing to go into the park for 5 days starting July 1.

We went over tothe visitor center and found that much had changed since 1994.  The lodge is gone, there is a new visitor center, a special backcountry/wilderness center and a science center for children.

Outside the park there is a boardwalk/mall area where all the flightseeing, ATV, rafting trip stores are along with those selling t-shirts, ice cream and a Subway.  There are all sorts of major hotels like the Denali Princess and something called the Grand Denali (Denali already means "the great one".

Fortunately the grandeur of the scenery has not changed...