Well I couldn't access blogger yesterday or the day before, so no update until tonight. I have a few photos to post but will post more tomorrow when we get home!!! Since our last post we spent one day in Talkeenkna. Here our hotel looked out directly to Mt. McKinley, which was hidden by clouds....which is the case 70% of the time. We took a flight out to the mountain range, but couldn;t get up into the see the big One!! So that was a failure... a non-refundable one.
We then took another bus North again to Denali. The most impressive event was the all day trip into Denali national Park (in a modified school bus), and saw 7 Grizzly bears and lots of other animals. Really great. We opted to fly out of the park (about 100 miles), but the flight took us all around the Alaska range and right up to Mt McKinley. It was incredible...pictures can't capture it, but we tried. Then today we did a 20 mile run of Class 3 and 4 rapids on the Nanena River. It was great, although we were both a little nervous when they briefed us before, and all they talked about was flipping over and falling out of the raft, and how to swim and assume a position so your legs don't get broken on the rocks under the water. It wasn't that bad, and it was 2 hours on the river, through the most beautiful canyons. We did get wet...me more than Ian of course, and it was cold 33 degree water. So obviously I don't have any photos, but they did take one of our boat, which I bought. It was a great experience.
We have had beautiful weather every day. In the high 60's and clear.....while you are all suffering back home....sorry. In any evnt it was perfect for these activities. The only place we had sprinkles was at the glacier in Kenai.
Nancy & Ian
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