Friday, June 17, 2016 Bus ride into the interior of Denali
NP
Today was the day we decided to go into Denali National Park
and see the park by bus. This is the
only way you get to go 92 miles or less into this amazingly beautiful
park. Mike and I decided to take the 8
hour tour and Jim and Terry took the 11 hour tour. They went 20 miles farther than us so we will
compare notes when they get back. We got
up just after sunrise which was at 340am and met our bus driver at 6 am. I was surprised to see that our bus was
full.
We didn’t even get out of the driveway when we caught sight
of a female moose. What a way to start
our day. We had paved roads for 15 miles
and then we went to gravel. Our bus
driver was awesome. He pointed out a lot
of history surrounding the area and also what he saw in the way of animals. Here’s is a list of animals that we saw
today. We have pictures of most of
them. Some were too far away for our
camera to pickup. Grizzly Bears (one a
mother and 2 cubs), Caribou (more than 6), 2 Moose(one with 2 babies) Dall
Sheep(5 Rams and 3 ewes and Snowshoe Hare.
This is a list of birds: 2 Golden Eagles, Willow Ptarmigan (type of
grouse) this is also Alaska’s state bird, Gyrfalcon, a Raven and her babies and a Blackbilled
Magpie. To me this was a wonderful
day. Anyone hesitating on taking the bus
through the park do it! This is the 3rd
day here and we have been very fortunate to have been able to see Denali all 3 days. Folks here say that only 30% of the visitors
to Denali see it.
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| Our first mammal of the day-we think that she was looking for her baby |
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| Alaska's state bird-Willow Ptarmigan |
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| Our mountain road |
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| A big grizzly that was far away |
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| This one was sunning himself on his back |
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| Denali in all her glory |
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| Gyrfalcon |
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| A young raven in its nest |
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| Dall Sheep |
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