more From Denali

This is our second day in Denali. We got here last evening and checked into one of the campgrounds. All campgrounds in Denali have no hookups like water or electric which is fine with us. We managed to get to the Ranger talk on wolves about 5 minutes late. Wolves as you know live in packs but there is a tremendous family relationship involved as well. The Ranger talked about a specific pack here in the park and how it has changed over the last several years due to the death of the alpha male, a lone wolf coming in, falling for the daughter of the alpha female and eventually taking the role of alpha male. We did a short hike up the Savage River today. Tomorrow we will be going all the way back to Wonder Lake. You can only drive in about 15 miles into the park, which is Savage River. After that you take the park buses. The end of the road is about 85 miles in near Wonder Lake. It takes about 5 hours one way. You buy a ticket and then can get off at any point to walk into the wilderness. Then you walk back to the road and get on a bus when it comes past. We plan a couple stops and then about an hour at Wonder Lake. Bus leaves at 7:15am and with the planned stops we will back at about 9:15pm. We have to pack lunch, supper and snacks. No services anywhere along the way, but we can get water at Wonder Lake.

The photo is not from Denali. I haven't gotten those loaded on the computer yet. This is a mother black bear and her cub taken in BC along the Alaskan Highway. We were just driving along and saw a car pulled over up ahead. The bear was off the side of the road, less than a hundred yards. She keep an eye on the cars but didn't seem real concerned. When a couple of people stopped and got out, she moved up the hill and behind the trees.

The connection here is fairly slow. We have to be at the bus at 6:45 so that's it for tonight. More to come! The picture would not upload, the mosquitos (sp) are eating me up so you will have to wait for the image