Sat, Jun 27th: Got ready around 10 AM. Since the B&B did not have good B (!), we decided to have a hearty breakfast somewhere on the road. After searching a lot with Sandeep's iPhone, we finally ended up at Village Inn breakfast place. It was somewhat like Denny's but local and had very good food (including reindeer sausage). After the hearty breakfast, we took straight off to Denali National Park on Hwy 1. Stopped at Eklutna lake and Talkeetna village on the way. Eklutna lake was kind of okay, but Talkeetna village did not have much to offer other than flight seeing tours to Mt. McKinley. We did not do that, instead had a natural fruit icecream from an old ice-cream maker and headed to the park. We got a nice view of Mt. McKinley on the road just near Talkeetna (our last view :( as it turned out) .
In the evening we reached our cabin in Denali River Cabins and Cedar Lodge. The cabins were very good and cozy. Later, we went to the Denali village and had really good fish at Salmon Bake restaurant and dozed off to sleep...
In the evening we reached our cabin in Denali River Cabins and Cedar Lodge. The cabins were very good and cozy. Later, we went to the Denali village and had really good fish at Salmon Bake restaurant and dozed off to sleep...
Sun, Jun 28th: Day started at 4:30 AM.
We got ready and had breakfast by 6 AM. Our tour bus to Kantishna Roadhouse boarded at 6:10 AM. It takes you all of the unpaved 90 miles inside Denali NP stopping for wildlife and nice views. We got the last seats in the bus and thus had a bouncy day.
Our driver-guide David Poppy was very nice and knowledgable and kept us informed and entertained. He stopped on multiple occasions for various wildlife we saw - moose, caribous, eagles, owls, fox, dall's sheeps and bears. The best view was a grizzly bear playing with its yearling cub for almost 10 non-stop minutes a 100 feet away from the bus! National geographic stuff. Unfortunately, the day was cloudy and chilly so we could not see Mt. McKinley at all... But the looong day at least showed us a lot of wildlife.
Retired tired after having and good bath and some pizza at Lynx's Pizza. Surprisingly, we also saw a Lynx on the Hwy just outside of the park while going to the pizza place.
We got ready and had breakfast by 6 AM. Our tour bus to Kantishna Roadhouse boarded at 6:10 AM. It takes you all of the unpaved 90 miles inside Denali NP stopping for wildlife and nice views. We got the last seats in the bus and thus had a bouncy day.
Our driver-guide David Poppy was very nice and knowledgable and kept us informed and entertained. He stopped on multiple occasions for various wildlife we saw - moose, caribous, eagles, owls, fox, dall's sheeps and bears. The best view was a grizzly bear playing with its yearling cub for almost 10 non-stop minutes a 100 feet away from the bus! National geographic stuff. Unfortunately, the day was cloudy and chilly so we could not see Mt. McKinley at all... But the looong day at least showed us a lot of wildlife.
Retired tired after having and good bath and some pizza at Lynx's Pizza. Surprisingly, we also saw a Lynx on the Hwy just outside of the park while going to the pizza place.
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