Into Denali

The last few days were spent camping at the Teklanika campground in Denali, completely cut off from the world eg. tv, radio, cell service, internet - even time if you don't wear a watch - since the sun sets after midnight and rises again around 3:30 am.  What you have in between is called "nautical twilight" and it is more than bright enough to get almost anything done.

Coming into the park on Thursday the weather was beautiful and we took an afternoon bus to Igloo lake for a short hike.

Then we attended a ranger program on moose with Belle.

Friday was our day on the bus.  The seats are still to small for a normal human backside!

We got up to Eielson Visitor Center at mile 66 when the day turned cloudy and cold.  After a short walk and  a visit with the local squirrels...

...who we understand are becoming a menace to society...

we headed back.  Friday night and Saturday were cold and raining with temperatures probably not getting out of the 50's and going down into the 40's at night.  We did manage a walk in the rain and attened the ranger program on Saturday night - it was held in the bus shelter.

July 4th started out rainy but cleared up by the afternoon.  Before our patriotic dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs (Hebrew National - straight from NY) and baked beans, we took a walk on the Teklanika river bed that was right behind our campsite.

This incredible sunset ended our glorious 4th.

I still can't believe I shot this right through the window of the camper about 11:30 last night.