Denali - our 20th Anniversary 5/27/15 part 1

Today is our 20th anniversary and we spent the day in Denali National Park. The morning started off cool....46 degrees. We began with a french toast buffet breakfast. It was pretty good. Then Bill and I picked up our boxed lunches and headed to the lobby to meet the group. Our bus arrived at 7:10 am for our 8 hour tour which went 53 miles into Denali Park. The bus was fairly comfortable.

We headed off and after the first hour I was a little disappointed....we hadn't seen any wildlife except some weird "chicken looking bird". I wanted to see more.

The scenery was amazing! We also quickly saw Mt McKinley ...the highest mountain in North America. This is great since apparently it is very hard to see as it is mostly covered in clouds.

Then things got really fun! We saw moose, grizzly bear w/cubs, caribou, dahl sheep, golden eagle, and deer falcon. It was fantastic. Not only on the way going but coming back some of them were even closer. The grizzly w/cubs was by far my favorite. At one point she even laid back and let the cubs nurse. You couldn't ask for anything more. Here are a few pictures of the wildlife. My picture of the moose was too far for you to know it was a moose.