Preparation We started the day with a bowls of cereal. I had drip coffee and Arlene had espresso made with her Nespresso machine. Then we followed the end of stage 8 of the Tour de Suisse which was an individual time trial. (There is a website, https://www.procyclingstats.com/, which has pretty good webby-coverage of all of…
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Driving down an Alaskan highway listening to ABBA
Taking An Easy Day Saturday after multiple days of hiking on tired and sore legs, Arlene and I decided to take an easy day. Arlene had found what was supposed to be a good place to see Denali. So in the morning we set off on a drive to the South Viewpoint of Denali State…
Sled Dog Afternoon
Today we visited Denali National Park Kennels to take a look at the sled dogs used to patrol the park in the winter months. It was a warm afternoon and preferring cooler conditions many of the dogs were having a siesta. Like Rudolf, when the dogs are old enough, they try out for the sled team.…
We Have Seen the Mountain
Buses In Denali National Park and Preserve there is a single main road that is roughly 92 miles long going from the entrance of the park on Highway 3 to Kantishna. The first 15 miles is paved and goes out to Savage River which is as far into the park as private vehicles are allowed…
Little Dudes
Mount Healy Yesterday we hiked partway up Mount Healy. We gained about 1000 feet in the 2 miles then another 1200 in next 1.4 miles. Honestly, we’re pretty fit and the hardest part on the way up was the heat. Electrolytes are cool. The descent was brutal. Not quite used to all that eccentric motion.…
Geology and Anthology
Rocks and Flowers on the Trip to Denali We stopped in Chilliwack to look at the herons and found this Pacific Ninebark on the path to the heron rookery. At Smithers, we took a walk by the Bulkley River. Here is Red Columbine. Here is Meadow-rue. And what would a river walk be without a…
Moose Butt
Errands We started the day with a list of questions. We started by driving the 20 miles north into Healy and going to Three Bears–one of a chain of Alaskan grocery stores. There we found a produce section that will be good enough and some bottled water. Then we returned 10 miles south to the…
In the Yukon
Smithers After Prince George we drove to Smithers, a cool little town in the shadow of Hudson Bay Moutain. We walked the neat downtown area in about 20 minutes. Two places of interest were Smithers Brewing Company and Bugwood Coffee. We stopped at the brewery and bought their attempts at an American Wheat and a…
Long day in the car
Coffee After checking out of the motel we went for coffee at Blue Moose in Hope. In the display case were many tasty-looking baked items such as a spinach feta thingy with a nice checkered pattern and Arlene had her eye on a fruity scone of some sort. We’d already had breakfast so we didn’t…
So it begins
On the ferry We started our journey to Alaska today. We began by packing up the car and riding the ferry from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. This is us sitting on the back bumper of the car with the hatch open on the ferry. Bellingham We stopped for lunch in Bellingham and went to The…