“Clouds Got in our Way”

Hard to believe, but it didn’t rain today (Wednesday). Instead it was cool and cloudy all morning, then cool and sunny by mid-afternoon. The newspaper says more rain is on its way, but today was fine for a 8 hour bus ride into the park.

Our bus

The reason this park exists is because of its wildlife, and people ride the buses in order to see them best. As a side note, there is a mountain (called Mt. McKinley) here but it is seen by visitors maybe 30% of the time. Today was not one of the 30%, but we did see a lot of critters: Grizzlies (some with babies), Caribou, Golden Eagle, Dall Sheep, ground squirrels, even a lone wolf. The only large animal we didn’t see was Moose, because they typically stay in thick willows and are hard to spot.  Here are some of the cariboy

The fifty miles of gravel road were in really good shape and had some dramatic views